NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Bullying can be a very broad topic, but sub-categories of bullying can be equally broad. Racial bullying can occur anywhere and anyhow, from TV shows, to schools and even amongst family. But the most prevalent location for racial bullying, is the internet.

Among races, people can be bullied for talking without using any slang or for using socially correct manners. Imani Winfield, 18, is a Jamaican female whom embraces her native roots but is made fun of by her own family because she doesn't speak with a Jamaican accent.

Rutgers' policy had protective measures prior to the Tyler Clementi incident, but the guidelines have tweaked since

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- The Student Code of Conduct is a set of rules at Rutgers University that aims to help make sure that students act with mature attitudes and display responsible behavior. The code also functions to make sure students are treating each other with respect and not taking part in altercation.

For example, their are guidelines in place that relate to the case of Tyler Clementi and how he himself experienced a certain type of bullying called cyber bullying by a roommate that he lived with on the Rutgers New Brunswick, N.J. campus.

This case not only violated the mandated codes, but it became an example of what the code prohibits, in terms of how students are expected to treat one another.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – With the growing expansion of social media users, accounts of cyber bullying also increases. Over the past few years, cyber-bullying related deaths have been more and more common.  Most notably amongst the victims, Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University freshman who took his own life after roommate Dharun Ravi exposed intimate details of his private life through Twitter and a live feed. What started as harmless online socializing sites meant for fun and establishing connections have somehow been turned into a medium used to attack others.

Yet, despite all the various reports of cyber bullying, what actions are the creators behind these social media sites taking to prevent future abuse on their sites? Have they increased online vigilance of what users post to each other? Are they responding effectively to the abuse reported by their users?

The issue of harassment online and how to deal with it isn't that clear cut

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- With more and more states looking to enact or stiffen their anti-cyber bullying legislation, there is still not. The reason why is that prosecuting cyber bullying may not be a black and white issue. While there are many benefits to enacting legislation to curb cyber bullying, there are many consequences to legislation that is making this argument less one sided.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- When it comes to bullying, most people have been there, but not everyone can relate. But when a string of deaths, all related to bullying, hit the media in the fall of 2010, lots of people had things to say. The message these people had was to help the bullied and suffering people overcome their struggles and to simply tell them, “It Gets Better.”

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - “Bullying isn’t cool, bullying is lame, bullying is ugly and has a stupid name,” sings the character Stan Marsh in an episode of "South Park" that aired on April 18. The animated sitcom, which creators Trey Stone and Matt Parker often use as a platform to address serious issues in a humorous way, is one of the most recent television series’ to join the ranks of films and television shows tackling the subject of bullying.

In early March, Cartoon Network aired a documentary called, “Speak Up” as part of the network’s Stop Bullying: Speak Up campaign. The short film, which featured an introduction from President Barack Obama, focused primarily on face-to-face confrontations, and shared the experiences of various elementary and high school students across the U.S.

Alye Pollack, a ninth grader interviewed for “Speak Up,” noted that while much of the bullying she faced growing up took place in school, a lot of it was also directed at her online. Her experiences lead to her creating a YouTube video entitled “Words DO Hurt,” which then resulted in the formation of a Twitter account and Facebook page due to its positive message and growing popularity. In “Speak Up,” Pollack explained that her video evoked a positive response not just from strangers on the internet, but also from a couple of classmates who had previously bullied her.

Unfortunately, not every experience that a person has with bullying ends as positively as Pollack’s has. For many, the effects of verbal and physical abuse are everlasting – especially when the victimization takes place on the internet.

Treatment, therapy are important to avoid long term damages and can help victims regain self-esteem

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- It started all with a picture of his nose on Facebook. Then his classmates created a whole page about how funny Ronald Berg looks. Then he did not want to go to school anymore. Ronald Berg is a victim of cyber bullying.

Cyber bullying, also known as electronic bullying or online social cruelty, is defined as bullying through email, through instant messaging, in a chat room, on a website or gaming site, through digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- While a recent study shows that cyber-bullying mostly occurs through social networking websites, Facebook began to deal with that issue, even though prevention is mostly up to parents and educators, according to experts.

A global poll released in January by Ipsos found that 12 percent of parents say their child has experienced cyber-bullying. Of those, a majority (60 percent) say the harassing behavior happened on social networking websites such as Facebook.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Last week Dharun Ravi, a former Rutgers student, was found guilty on bias intimidation as a hate crime, invasion of privacy, and witness tampering, among other things in the nationally televised webcam spying trial.

The Middlesex County Courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J. was at the center of the trial, garnering the attention of many national media outlets. Right outside the trial, lined the ABC, CBS, and Court TV vans.

Ravi’s involvement as a cyber-bully, which eventually led to the suicide of Clementi, was broadcasted daily through many media outlets. TruTV, formerly known as Court TV, televised the entire trial from beginning to end, while other news crews and media focused their attention on broadcasting updates during the trial.