There are many debates about how technology is the cause of many problems, for example how people blame violent video games to explain when children act out or misbehave and as Boyd suggest in her book 'Its Complicated' technology seems to be peoples explanation for cyberbullying.
As Boyd suggest adults are quick to blame technology and especially SNS such as Facebook as the cause of the cyberbullying. It is a lot easier to bully someone over Facebook or any of these sites because its quick, a lot of people will see and most importantly people tend to take part in cyberbullying because they are able to hide their true identity. Using SNS allows someone to spread a rumour or gossip to hundreds of people, you will tell one friend who tells another, who tells their friend and the list go on. Soon a small piece of information has been twisted, changed and potentially could be used against someone.
However I agree with Boyd in her explanations of Cyberbullying. Parents seem to always look for something to blame, when something is wrong. In this case when cyberbullying occurs technology seems like the easiest blame. A lot of the time parents miss the real reason as to why bullying is happen and although they may not be bullied online chances are they still are being bullied in real life.
Now I am not saying that technology plays no part in cyberbullying, it does enhance it as people are able to reach many people instantaneously. But even if technology wasn't there people would still get bullied, it just happen SNS are another place that the bullies target victims. Social media isn't the root of the problem and adults should focus more on the bully in real life and not use social media as the blame.
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