The CyberBullying Virus

"a new virus unlike any other, has infiltrated schools and social media, a pandemic quickly spreading around the world"

This is a video off of YouTube called The Cyber-Bullying Virus which takes a completely different approach to cyber-bullying. It focuses on the cyber-bully themselves, saying how they have become infected and risk infecting others. It says how the those from broken homes are more likely to 'contract this disease'. I like the way that it looks on cyber-bullying as an illness as that is almost what it is, the bullies become almost addicted to this sense of power that they have and how they can almost hide behind the social media to do it. This video shows how other people tend to jump on the band wagon, joining in. This helps them to feel part of the majority group but helps make someone more of the minority. It says how even the girls parents and teacher have no clue this girl is a victim to the virus and how it can infect the most unsuspecting of people.

The video also highlights the fact that it can reach you anywhere, at home or at school and through a variety of different mediums. I am also incorporating this aspect within my animation too as the girl will receive the abuse on both her phone and her computer.

It also refers to how it can take hours, days or weeks, before it eventually gets out of hand and causes serious damage to its victims. Those more prone to hate, anger and negative emotions are more likely to become a cyber-bully. The effects can be long term depression and in some cases suicide.

I was originally going to have  my main character end up committing suicide as a way to escape all her pain and suffering, and this is a option many teenager do resort to. I have decided then to have my character find a solution instead but I will still depict her considering suicide as this is always the other option too. I will have my character think of her family and the fact that she should not let the bullies win. This animation also takes this approach but from a different angle to mine, people start to stand up for Jane, the girl at the mercy of the bullies. The end of my own narrative is to have my character go through and block all the nasty people and report them for what they have done. This will then mean that they no longer have access to her profile which then removes the platform they relied on in order to carry out the bullying.