After a fight with your friend, you did the following activities. Which of these activities is not an example of cyber bullying?
Explanation
Option A is correct because sending an apology email saying 'I am sorry' is not an example of cyber bullying. According to the textbook context, cyber bullying is defined as 'any insulting, degrading or intimidating online behaviour like repeated posting of rumours, giving threats online, posting the victim's personal information, sexual harassment or comments aimed to publicly ridicule a victim.' It involves 'repeatedly targeting someone with intentions to hurt or embarrass.' An apology message does not insult, degrade, intimidate, threaten, or aim to hurt or embarrass the recipient. In contrast, Option B involves sending threatening messages, and Option C involves uploading embarrassing pictures to publicly ridicule someone - both of which clearly fall under cyber bullying as defined in the context.
Solution Steps
Step 1: Understand the definition of cyber bullying from the context - it includes insulting, degrading, intimidating behaviour, threats, and actions meant to hurt or embarrass someone.
Step 2: Analyze Option A - Sending 'I am sorry' is an apology, not insulting, threatening, or meant to hurt/embarrass. This is NOT cyber bullying.
Step 3: Analyze Option B - Sending threatening messages is explicitly mentioned as cyber bullying ('giving threats online').
Step 4: Analyze Option C - Uploading embarrassing pictures aims to publicly ridicule and embarrass, which is cyber bullying.
Step 5: Conclude that Option A is the activity that is NOT an example of cyber bullying.