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Students the main target of cyberbullying Megan van Vegten, China Post
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Secondary and high school students are often the targets of cyberbullying, revealed a research survey conducted by the Taiwan Communication Survey (TCS, 科技部傳播).
Cyberbullying has become a social issue of great concern after Cindy Yang (楊又穎), a Taiwanese entertainer, committed suicide after receiving verbal attacks on the web earlier this year.
Social media websites and online gaming chat rooms are where cyberbullying takes place most frequently, said the report. As a result, scholars have suggested that parents take an active involvement and limit their children's access to such platforms, in order to prevent cyberbullying.
A research team initiated a "Taiwan Communication Survey," where nine to 17-year-old children and teenagers were asked about their Internet and media behavior. There were 1,959 completed samples.
The research team consisted of professor Chang Ching-ching (張卿卿) from National Chengchi University and associate professor Tao Chen-chao (陶振超) from National Chiao Tung University. They are both from the communication and technology departments at their universities.
According to the database analysis, 5.8 percent of students have been bullied on the Internet, while 8.3 percent admitted to bullying others on the Internet. Those who cyberbullied others admit to pressing the "Like" button on a status where another student was being cursed at, ridiculed or made fun of.
When encountering cyberbullying, the majority of teenagers choose to ignore the issue, said the survey. The frequency of school bullying and being bullied has been reduced, but cyberbullying has increased, revealed a cross-analysis of the survey.
The study also showed that cyberbullying takes place on Facebook, Pluk and other social media websites 68.7 percent of the time and 42.3 percent of the time on online gaming chat rooms. Instant messaging software and chat rooms are also Web locations where the incidents may take place. About one in every four people experience it.
Those who have a past experience of being bullied in school or on the Internet are more likely to become perpetrators of cyberbulling, revealed the study.
Bullying and being bullied is related to a decline of satisfaction in a child's life. If a child encounters bullying, he or she should seek assistance from the school and or parents, so that parents and teachers may intervene and attempt to resolve the issue, Tao suggested.
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Have you ever have been bullied on the Internet?
What do you think about cyberbullying?
What do you think about Social media websites and online gaming chat rooms?
What do you think about suicide rates in Taiwan?
Discussing Child abuse cases in Taiwan?
How to resolve the cyberbullying and Child abuse issues?
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Japan: No longer Asia's fastest-aging nation? cnbc.com
"An imminent issue Taiwan will face is population aging, it seems the aging trend is unfolding faster than forecasted," Societe Generale economist Claire Huang said in a recent note.
Huang says the population of working-age residents, or those between 15 and 64 years of age, will shrink 7.3 percent by 2025, above the 7.2 percent contraction expected for Japan. While Taiwan's figure seems alarming, it comes as no surprise; Huang notes that growth was barely above zero in 2014 after hovering below 1 percent for most of the past decade.
In a report last year, HSBC noted that the East Asian 'tigers' (South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore) were expected to age at rates even quicker than that of Japan.
Studies of other population metrics in Taiwan also reveal worrisome trends. Total fertility rates, the average number of children born per woman, were the third lowest in the world last year, according to the CIA World Factbook, 14 places below Japan.
Taiwan's National Development Council predicts the country will achieve 'aged society' status by 2018, which requires 14 percent of the population to be aged 65 or older. By 2025, the council expects the elderly to exceed the 20 percent mark, which will see Taiwan become a 'super-aged society.'
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What do you think that Taiwan is going to become the Asia's fastest-aging nation?
What are the impacts of aging society?
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What are the ways to increase your life expectancy?
How to Live a Healthier Life?
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