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Research about cyberbullying

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CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

I. INTRODUCTION

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that

involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the

potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats,

spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone

from a group on purpose.

Cyber bullying is different from traditional bullying due to the anonymity that

the Internet can provide. Cyber bullies do not have to own their actions due to the

anonymity and cyber bullying is often outside of the legal reach of schools and school

boards since it often happens outside of the school.

The purpose of this paper is to further understand cyber bullying which

continues to occur more often as technology becomes more readily accessible by

everyone, especially students and to explore ways of preventing cyber bullying before it

happens.

II. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

As the days, years and generations pass by, the world of social media is growing

bigger and bigger. It becomes more advanced than ever and a lot of people want it to

improve and they think that it would be better if it continues to develop more than the

usual thing that we have nowadays. As it continues to grow, people have the

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advantages it has been helpful to them in many aspects like connecting to other people

easily by chatting them or posting something that makes them feel like they're just close

to where you are. But opposite of the advantages that they have, they also have the

disadvantages of using social media like they experience cyber bullying which can

affect them emotionally. This cyber bullying is also growing which is resulting to more

incidents of it. Many people already experienced cyber bullying, not only the known

personalities like the government officials and celebrities but also an ordinary

individual may experience it. Cyber bullying causes the victim to be hurt emotionally.

According to ETCB or End to Cyber Bullying Organization, there are five different

forms of cyber bullying. First is the harassment, it includes the bully sending offensive

and malicious messages to an individual. Cyber stalking is form of harassment that

includes sending rude and threatening messages that can lead to a physical harassment.

The second is flaming which is somewhat similar to harassment but the difference is it

often direct harsh languages to a specific person. The third is exclusion, I think many

people already experience this because it's something that is common thing that people

do sometimes. The exclusion is like you're in a group chat and then they blocked you

and kicked you out of the chat and after that they will talk badly of you, that is what we

called exclusion. The fourth is outing, that is when the bully posts something about an

individual but the individual doesn’t know about that. The last one is what we called

masquerading which includes the bully to fake his identity. The bully impersonates his

chosen individual and harasses someone anonymously. In other words, cyber bullying

looks like it's easy to do and it's really not an issue but no, all of this creates mess and

hurts an individual emotionally that's why we decided to do a research with this topic to

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know what are the different ways to prevent cyber bullying to cause more problems in

our own places.

III. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

Social-ecological Theory

Espelage and Swearer (2004) and Cowie and Jennifer (2008) favor an ecologi-

cal model for understanding bullying behaviors, similar to the one used by Bronfen-

brenner, a developmental psychologist, as a way of examining bullying and cyberbully-

ing behaviors. “This framework views youth behavior as shaped by individual charac-

teristics and a range of nested contextual systems of schools, adults, neighborhoods,

and society” (Swearer et al., p. 42, 2010). This model places the individual at the Cen-

tre and society as the overarching feature surrounding it. The reciprocal model endeav-

ors to clarify how young people situate themselves and behave within the society to

which they belong. It was developed to help understand the interactions between per-

sonal and environmental factors. As Swearer and Doll (2001) explain: Bronfenbrenner

(1977) describes this eco-system with his classic diagram resembling a target, with the

child at the center and concentric, reciprocal circles representing contexts from those

closest to the child (family) to those furthest away (community) (p. 10).

In conclusion, socio-ecological theory is an intricate system of interplaying

facets. This allows for an understanding of the causes of social exclusion through the

interaction of the different levels or risk factors that make up the foundation of the

model. While this model may have its uses in gaining an understanding of social exclu-

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sion, it has only been used in one empirical study. In a study by Festl and Quandt

(2013), the socio-ecological approach was used to explain and explore the socio-demo-

graphics (the groups and classes) of the schools involved. Results showed that boys

tended to be perpetrators and girls and younger students tended to be victims.

IV. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

TECHNOLOGY

INTERNET CELLPHONE

CYBERBULLYING

CAUSE EFFECTS PREVENTION

This model represents the flow or the whole concept of this research, The

effects and prevention of cyber bullying of grade 11 students in Institute of

Technology.

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V. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Bullying is can be done at any forms. It may be physically or verbally. But

there's one form of bullying that can affect one particular person even though it's not

through a physical or verbal contact, it is cyber bullying. This is a major problem that

occurs in social media and many individuals have already experienced this. This is why

we, the researchers would like to find the answer to prevent the growing incidents of

cyber bullying. These are the following questions that we would like to be answered by

studying and creating this thesis:

1. What are the causes of cyberbullying?

2. What are the effects of cyberbullying?

3. How can we prevent this type of bullying?

VI. HYPOTHESIS

The research, “The Effects and Prevention of Cyber bullying of Grade 11

students in Institute of Technology” is about cyber bullying. Cyber bullying which

causes many people to be depressed, anti-social and worst is to harm theirselves is a

huge problem ever since social media has made. Being a part of social networking

community has been a part of our daily lives in which we can do whatever we want to

do and say whatever we want to do. Social media is a platform in which we can freely

show or post what is in our minds therefore many people had posted many things about

themselves or other people. This is why it has a advantages and disadvanteges. The

advantage is you can post whatever you want and the disadvantage is you can post

whatever you want. It's the same but the difference is the latter has more effects on

people. Why do people say such nasty stuff to other people? Besides, why do they want

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to do it even though they know that they'll gonna hurt a person's feelings? and an

addition to that, cyber bullies tend to hide their own identity behind other names and

faces and that's the reason why they are more confident to do it on social networking

site rather than in person because nobody will know who they are and what they're

really up to. In doing this research, we will be able to know the effects of cyber

bullying to the victims and know how to prevent this type of bullying.

VII. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

This research intends to give possible answers to the following problems of

cyber bullying. The researchers have found that some of the students in their school had

already experienced it so that they tend to know what are the possible ways to prevent

the growth of cyber bullying occurring in their school, the following questions will be

answered by some of the chosen Senior High School students in Polytechnic University

of the Philippines to know what are their opinions or reactions on this matter and the

possible result of the answers of the following problems that concerns the topic.

VIII. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The study on “The effects and prevention of Cyber bullying of Senior High

School students in Polytechnic University of the Philippines” may be significant and

beneficial to the following:

1. Students – With the help of this study, they may help their ability of their

mind as they are luckier than those who are bullied and they will be able know

what are the effects of this type of bullying.

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2. Parents – With the use of this study, parents will be able to know that they

should have a sense of dedication and responsibility as mentor and model to

their children. And with this study, they will know how to handle their children

who is struggling in depression because of bullying.

IX. DEFINITION OF TERMS

There are some terms that need to be defined in this study for clarity and further

understanding and these are the following:

 Bullying - is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggres-

sively dominate others.

 Bully - a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are

weaker.

 Victim – the so called “bullied” the one who is weak.

 Cyber bullying - Involves the use of information and communication technolo-

gies such as e-mail, cell phone and pager text messages, instant messaging,

defamatory personal Web sites, and defamatory online personal polling Web

sites, to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or

group, that is intended to harm others.

 Screen name - A screen name is a made up name that people use in order to

identify themselves. These names are generally not anywhere near the person's

real name and are easily changeable.

 Social Media - websites and applications that enable users to create and share

content or to participate in social networking.

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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

I. FOREIGN STUDY

According to the study of Sharon Padgett and Jessica Roden, the word cyber

bullying did not even exist a decade ago, yet the problem has become a pervasive one

today. Cyber bullies do not have to be strong or fast; they just need access to a cell

phone or computer and a desire to terrorize. Anyone can be a cyber-bully, and such

persons usually have few worries about having face-to-face confrontation with their

victims. In fact, the anonymity of cyber bullying may cause students who normally

would not bully in the tradition-sense to become a cyber-bully.

According to the “Bullying and Cyber bullying: History, statistics, law,

prevention, and analysis” by Richard Donegan of Elon Univeristy in America,

Technology’s progression is often equated with the advancement of human societies.

Pivotal innovations, such as the Internet, have forever changed how people interact.

Though these developments have allowed the human race to make great strides in many

fields, they have also allowed forms of transgression to become more rampant and

widespread. This is evident when considering how traditional bullying has evolved into

an issue today known as cyber bullying. While bullying and cyber bullying are often

similar in terms of form and technique they also have many differences. Unlike

traditional bullying, cyber bullying allows the offender to mask his or her identity

behind a computer. This anonymity makes it easier for the offender to strike blows

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against a victim without having to see the victim’s physical response. The distancing

effect that technological devices have on today’s youth often leads them to say and do

crueler things compared to what is typical in a traditional face-to-face bullying

situation.

According to Mesch (2009), cyber bullying emerges most commonly from

relationship problems (break-ups, envy, intolerance, and ganging up); victims

experience powerfully negative effects (especially on their social well-being); and the

reactive behavior from schools and students is generally inappropriate, absent, or

ineffective

Smith et al (2008), found in line with Raskauskas and Stoltz (2007), that cyber

victims had also often been traditional victims, and cyber bullies had often been

traditional bullies; many traditional victims or bullies were not cyber victims or bullies,

since cyber bullying is substantially less frequent. Cyber victims are more dependent

upon the internet, feel less popular, take more internet-related risks, are more often a

bystander and perpetrator of internet and mobile phone bullying, and are less often a

perpetrator and more often a victim of traditional bullying.

According to Guilia Mura, Cidgem Topcu, Ozgur Erdur-Baker of Middle East

University, the study underlined a high occurrence of ICT usage and the experience of

both cyber bullying and cyber victimization among two samples. It seems likely that

cyber bullying and victimization may be more connected to the use of ICT than

nationality and cultural factors, as Italian and Turkish seem to share very close

experiences in the usage of ICT. Moreover, while previous studies usually detected

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cyber bullying and victimization among secondary school students, the research shows

the presence of such phenomena also in older and more educated age groups.

According to From classroom to “chat room: perception of cyber bullying in Hong

Kong schools” by University of Hong Kong, Bullying has been recognized for a long

time, but a question remains about the seriousness of traditional bullying and cyber

bullying in Hong Kong. Moreover, it is essential to explore whether there are any

changing patterns between traditional bullying and cyber bullying. Thus the following

is going to analyze the seriousness of bullying in Hong Kong and try to determine

whether any prediction can be made on the trend of traditional bullying and cyber

bullying. Wong suggested that school banding is related to school bullying and that

schools with higher academic achievements have less bullying. He also explained that

students with better academic results may have some personality characteristics such as

high conscientiousness, obedience and self-discipline which are contrary to bullying.

II. LOCAL STUDY

According to Shella Guevarra, cyber bullying remains under reported in the

Philippines because few parents or schools want to place the cyber victims’ or schools’

reputation under public spotlight.

According to the research of Marlon de Lara, Cedrci Arcejo and Melvin

Marcelo of Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology, This study examines

ways in which schools can prevent cyber bullying and, when necessary, intervene when

cyber bullying does occur. In finding a possible solution to cyberbu11ying, victims will

feel safer, not only in their homes, but at school as well.

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Reyes (2010), Cyber bullying is a new form of bullying that follows students

from the hallways of their schools to the privacy of their homes. Many victims of cyber

bullying are bullied from the moment they wake up and check their cell phone or e-

mail, to the time they go to bed and shut off their computer or cell phone.

According to Takumi, The survey also said three out of 10 children aged 7 to 12

were bullied through threats, two were oppressed through photo editing, one were

humiliated or had their private conversations exposed, and three were either excluded

or impersonated through fake accounts. In teenagers, photo editing had affected three

out of 10 students, while two out of 10 were either humiliated or threatened. One out of

10 also said they were bullied by having their secret conversations exposed, while two

suffered impersonation or had experienced exclusion.

According to “Cyber bullying Philippines”, there was recently a report released

about the way that Philippines residents may be responding to these kinds of changes.

The report indicated that people are increasingly searching for cyber bullying terms

through a wide array of social media venues. Notably, the Philippines was the world’s

4th leading country when it came to searching for “cyber bullying” through Google.

This indicates that local residents are taking an increased interest in what they can find

through this kind of report. This could actually help people develop a complete view of

the issues that coincide with this kind of bullying phenomenon.

According to Willard, there are three related concerns in addition to the nine

forms of cyber bullying. These are students disclosing massive amounts of personal

information via the Internet, becoming 'addicted' to the Internet to the point where their

lives are highly dependent on their time spent online, and the prevalence of suicide and

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self-harm communities in which depressed youths will sometimes access to gain

information on suicide and self-harm methods.

In “Confronting cyber-bullying” (2009), Shariff overviews additional concerns related

to cyber bullying. These are anonymity, an infinite audience, prevalent sexual and

homophobic harassment, and permanence of expression. Anonymity refers to the 8

anonymous nature of cyberspace in which people are able to hide behind screen names

that protect their identity, which was mentioned earlier in this chapter. The online

audience is described as being infinite due to the large number of people that are able to

see what is written by the bully and the tendency of onlookers to support the

perpetrators rather than the victim.

According to a study conducted in 2008 by Melissa, females are as likely, if not

more likely, to be involved in cyber bullying in their lifetime. Although, when students

were asked about their recent experiences of being cyber bullies, males and females

responded equally. When asked about lifetime participation, females reported higher

rates of participating in cyber bullying, which leads one to believe females engage in

these activities for a longer period of time. Females tend to take pictures of victims

without them knowing and posting them online more than males did. Females also tend

12 to post things online to make fun of someone more often, although males tend to

send emails to make them angry or to make fun of them.

III. FOREIGN LITERATURE

According to the blog “2016 cyber bullying data” , cell phones and other mobile

devices continue to be the most popular technology utilized by adolescents with the top

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four reported weekly activities involving their use. Facebook remains the most

frequently cited social media platform used on a weekly basis, but Instagram and

Snapchat are increasing in popularity. Chat rooms, Tumblr, and Ask.fm remain largely

unpopular among this age group. For this study, we contracted with three different

online survey research firms to distribute our questionnaire to a nationally-

representative sample of middle and high school students. We had four different

versions of our survey instrument which allowed us to ask a variety of questions to

subsamples of each group. All students were asked questions about experiences with

bullying and cyberbullying, digital dating abuse or violence, digital self-harm, sexting,

and sextortion. Overall we obtained a 13% response rate, which isn’t amazing, but is

higher than most generic Internet surveys. With any imperfect social science study,

caution should be used when interpreting the results. We can be reassured somewhat in

the validity in the data, however, because the prevalence rates are in line with results

from our previous school-based surveys. Moreover, the large sample size helps to

diminish the potential negative effects of outliers. Finally, steps were taken to ensure

valid responses within the survey instrument. For example, we asked the respondents to

select a specific color among a list of choices and required them to report their age at

two different points in the survey, in an effort to guard against computerized responses

and thoughtless clicking through the survey.

According to Patchin in his blog, despite a significant amount of attention by

both the academic community and society at large, there continues to exist much

confusion about both the conceptual and operational definitions of cyber bullying (and

by implication, bullying in general). The trouble with this lack of clarity is that it leads

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to misinformation and misunderstanding about the phenomena at hand, and undermines

the ability of various stakeholders to identify, prevent, and respond to these behaviors.

In this article, we review the essential elements of cyber bullying that distinguish it

from other peer-to-peer online interactions in an effort to inform current-day

approaches to its study. We also present a cyber-bullying scale that has demonstrated

strong initial validity and reliability in ten different surveys involving nearly 15,000

students in the United States. The purpose is to reduce erratic and fitful advancement of

our understanding of cyber bullying by fostering more consistency in the way it is

measured and analyzed. Through this effort we hope to meaningfully assist those on the

front lines of the problem to better know what cyber bullying is, and what it is not.

According to the US Department of Justice, Cyber bullying usually has long-

term detrimental effects on a victim. Truancy is quite common when a victim is

continually bullied both in-person and through technology. Also, their grades may

suffer, their self-esteem is hurt, depression can set in, they may have increased health-

related issues, abuse of alcohol and/or drugs may begin, and many more negative

effects can occur, depending on the child. With children using technology at younger

ages, the data collected in past years is becoming less relevant. In 2010-2011, the

School Crime Supplement reported 9% of children in grades 6-12 are cyber bullied, but

the increase in children that use technology can result in a much higher number.

IV. LOCAL LITERATURE

According to the blog of Erick Manriquez, the victims and impact cyber

bullying has caused, how to prevent cyber bullying, and the laws in several states

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regarding cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is very similar to traditional bullying. Cyber

bullying involves more emotional and psychological harm. Cyber bullying can also

lead to violence, if the cyber bully decides to physically attack their victim. Cyber

bullying has a broader audience; anyone in the world can see the hateful messages left

by a bully. Cyber bullying can involve social networking sites, text messages, websites,

and emails. Humiliating messages and videos can spread fast and cause more harm.

There have been several killings and suicides due to cyber bullying. The most effective

method of prevention is education and awareness of cyber bullying. Several states have

different laws pertaining to cyber bullying. President Obama and First Lady Michelle

have made several press releases on the issue. The author conducted a survey about the

awareness of cyber bullying. Several graphs and tables are provided for statistical

analysis.

The culture of the cyber bullying in the Philippines by ASKonnie, cyber

bullying refer to minors while cyber harassment and cyber stalking for adults. The three

refers to a similar behavior that uses technology as medium to sow fear and strip the

victim of self-worth and dignity. Stalking though, has an offline component. On

Philippine context, media only refer to these as bullying, hopefully, when a law is

passed, the terms will be standardized. Likewise, bullies exist even before the cyber

age, the technological advancement just gave them another tool to step up the attack at

the same time remain anonymous.

According to the blog of Christina (2012), Bullying is something that should

never be taken lightly and it is something that happens more often than not to those on

the spectrum. There are multiple factors that play a part into this happening more

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frequently to those on the spectrum than neurotypical counterparts. While human

beings and particularly those on the spectrum are known for their resiliency, bullying

takes away more than a bloody nose from someone even on the spectrum. Bullying

takes away the things that are the most difficult to get back. Things that can shape the

way a person views themselves, who they allow in their life and the choices they make

for a life time.

According to Janet of University of Manila, thousands of young people are

targets of bullying and cyberbullying every day, putting many at risk for outcomes such

as depression or school absenteeism. Working with kids to create ways to address these

issues is an important responsibility for adults. For example, adults can help those who

are targets of bullying explore ways to respond assertively, and they can help those who

carry out hurtful behaviors get support for addressing what’s underneath their actions.

Adults can also assist young people in identifying strategies to use as bystanders who

witness these behaviors.

CHAPTER 3

METHODS AND PROCEDURES

This chapter will give a discussion of the different methods and procedures that

are used and done in the study; this chapter will give the description of the research

design, it will then feature the process of data collection and how the data will be

analyzed.

I. RESEARCH DESIGN

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The researchers used questionnaires to gather information or data from the

respondents. The researchers used descriptive method to know the effects and

prevention of cyber bullying in Grade 11 students in Institute of Technology. The

survey questionnaire will be given to 50 random grade 11 students in Institute of

Technology.

II. RESEARCH LOCAL

The researchers conducted their study at Institute of Technology with

approximately 45 students. The respondents of the study are the 50 random students in

Institute of Technology.

III. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT

The instrument in data gathering in this research is survey questionnaires. The

survey questionnaires answer the problems for this research. The questionnaires will be

the one that the researchers will use to measure the effects and possible solution or

prevention in Cyber bullying.

IV. DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

The data for this research were collected using a survey questionnaire. The

survey was created using suitable questions modified from related research and

individual questions formed by the researcher. The survey was composed of 10

questions, which were related to the participant’s perception regarding the effects and

prevention of cyber bullying. After we collect all the survey questionnaires from the 50

students, the data will be analyzed by the researchers to know the students’ opinions

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about the effects and prevention of cyber bullying in grade 11 students in Institute of

Technology.

V. STATISTICAL TREATMENT APPLIED

The researchers used percentage to explain information as a proportion of the

whole. Percentages are calculated by taking the number of the subcategory and dividing

by the total number in the population.

Formula:

X = Frequency (convert it to decimal)

N = Total number of respondents

Percentage = x*n

Example: 33 out of 50 respondents answered A. Yes to get the 30% of 50 here’s the

sample:

% = .33 x 50 = 16.5%

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CHAPTER 4

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF

DATA

1.Are you active on social media?

70%
60%
50%
40% A. Yes - 62%

30% B. No - 0%
20% C. Sometimes - 0%
10% D. Often - 38%
0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often
Sometimes

The researchers’ asked the respondents if they are active on social media and

the survey says 62 % of the random Senior High School students are active on social

media while 38% of the Senior High School students often use the social media.

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2. Have you ever been cyber bullied?

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60%
50%
40%
A. Yes - 60%
30% B. No - 0%
20% C. Sometimes - 0%
10% D. Often - 40%
0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often
Sometimes

The researchers’ wanted to know if their respondents experienced cyber

bullying and the survey tells that 60% of the students experienced or experiencing

cyber bullying while the 40% of the students are often cyber bullied.

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3. If you have been cyber bullied, did you

report it to anyone?

50%

40%

30% A. Yes - 36%

B. No - 16%
20%
C. Sometimes - 48%
10% D. Often - 0%

0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often
Sometimes

The researchers’ found out that less than 40% of the students have the urge to

report the bullying incident that happened to them. And almost 50% of the students

reported it sometimes while the 16% of the students don’t have the urge to report it to

anyone.

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If you choose A, C, or D, to whom did

you report it?

70%
60% A. Parents - 30%
50%
40% B. Guidance
30% Counselor- 0%
20% C. Friends - 70%
10%
0% D. Other Answer -
A. Parents B. Guidance C. Friends D. Other 0%
Counselor Answer

The researchers asked the respondents if they did report the incident to anyone

and the survey says that 30% of the respondents are telling the incident to their parents

while the 70% of the respondents are telling the incident to their friends.

4. Have you ever used bad

words online?
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54%
52%
50% A. Yes - 54%
48%
B. No - 0%
46%
44% C. Sometimes -
46%
42%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often D. Often - 0%
Sometimes

The researchers asked their respondents if they’ve used bad words online and

the researchers found out that 54% respondents are using bad words online while the

46% are using badwords sometimes.

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5. Have you ever posted lies about

someone?

50%

40%

30% A. Yes - 46%

20% B. No - 4%

10% C. Sometimes - 50%

0% D. Often - 0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often
Sometimes

Posting lies on the internet about someone is cyber bullying so the researchers

asked their respondents if they’ve posted lies about someone and the survey says 46%

of the students are telling that they posted lies while, 4% of the students don’t post lies

and half of the respondents admitted that sometimes they posted lies.

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6. Have you ever used someone else’s social

media account without permission?

50%

40%

30% A. Yes - 36%

20% B. No - 18%

10% C. Sometimes -
46%
0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often D. Often - 0%
Sometimes

The researchers want to know if the respondents used another person’s account

without the owner’s permission and they got a 36% of yes and 46% of sometimes

which means many students really do it frequently. They also got a 18% of no which

means some students don’t use someone else’s account without permission.

7. Did you ever teased or threatened someone

online?

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60%
50%
40% A. Yes - 36%
30%
B. No - 14%
20%
10% C. Sometimes -
60%
0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often D. Often - 0%
Sometimes

Teasing and threatening someone online is a “thing” nowadays so the

researchers asked if they ever teased or threatened someone with the use of social

media. The survey says that 36% of the students had teased or threatened someone

online and 60% of the students do it sometimes. There’s also a 14% of students that

didn’t teased ot threatened online.

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8. Do you think it is fun to bully someone

even if you don’t know them?

60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
A. Yes B. No C. D. Often
Sometimes

A. Yes - 10% B. No - 38% C. Sometimes - 52% D. Often - 0%

The researchers want to know if the students bullied someone even if they don’t

know him/her personally. They got a 10% of yes, some students do bully someone and

a 38% of no, some students knows thhat it isn’t right to do it. But the researchers got a

52% of sometimes which means that many students bully someone they didn’t even

know.

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9. What do you think is the possible effect

of cyber bullying?

100%
80%

60%
40%
20%
0%
A. Trauma

A. Trauma - 100%

There are many possible effects of cyber bullying but the researchers want to

know what is the most possible one. The survey says that having a trauma is the most

possible effect of being a victim of cyber bullying.

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10. What do you think is the possible

solution for this kind of bullying?

60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
A. CounselingB. Attending C. Nothing D. Other
seminars answer
regarding
bullying
A. Counseling - 58% B. Att ending seminars regarding bullying - 42%
C. Nothing - 0% D. Other answer - 0%

To have a solution to cyber bullying and to know what is the best option to do to

prevent it, the researchers asked the students what do they think as the best solution to

stop this kind of bullying. The survey says that 58% of the students think that

counseling is the best option to do so and 42% of the students think that attending

seminars regarding bullying is also a posible solution to prevent cyber bullying.

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CHAPTER 5

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

I. CONCLUSION

Based on the researcher's findings, the following conclusions are given and

concluded:

1. Many Grade 11 students are always active on social media and plenty of them

already experienced cyber bullying.

2. Many victims had reported the incident but they only told it to their friends which

they think is more comfortable than reporting it to their parents.

3. While many students have been victimized by the bullies, some students are also the

ones who's bullying others by posting lies, saying bad things online, threatening or

teasing others and using someone else's account.

4. Most of the victims shared one opinion on what they think is the effect of cyber

bullying and for them it is being traumatized from what they have experienced from

being bullied.

5. The possible way to prevent the cyber bullying incidents is to attend a seminar

regarding bullying and if someone had already experienced it, try to go to a counseling

session where he/she will feel more comfortable to prevent being traumatized of the

incident.

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II. RECOMMENDATION

From the findings of the study based on the conclusion drawn the following :

1. If you're always active on social media and posts something, be careful of what your

posts are. It can be the cause of cyber bullying. The bully might take advantage of what

you have posted and make stories that not even true or the bully may say bad things

about your post which can hurt your feelings.

2. Whether you post or comment on someone's post, always remember to think first

before you click. Your comment might offend others by misinterpreting your words or

they may misunderstand your point and that may lead to an argument.

3. If somebody have an argument with you, don't say your opinion publicly because

others might join the argument and it'll just be huge without you both noticing. If you

want him/her to hear your point, you can talk or chat privately so that you both can

focus on your point of view, let each others take turns on your own explanations and be

peaceful as you go with your conversation.

4. If you happen to see a bullying incident on social media or if you experience it with

the use of your account, you can report it on their site or you can also block the bully's

account while you wait for the response of your report.

5. If you already experienced cyber bullying and been traumatized of the incident, it'll

be wise if you try to not be on social media for awhile and go on a counselling session.

After that, you can be back again with your normal life which you can be active again

on social media and forget what happened. Just be careful and if another bully happens

to bully you, just ignore it. Focus on the positive side of social media and have more

positive outlook in your life.

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