Chapter 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

A. Introduction / Background of the study

Cyberbullying is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. It has

become increasingly common, especially among teenagers. Cyberbullying is when

someone typically teens, bully or harass others on social media sites. Harmful bullying

behavior can include posting rumors, threats, sexual remarks and a victims personal

information. This kind of harassment may cause harm on the victim like depression,

anxiety and death.

This is very important not only to students but also to the parents and other

people who might be able to help the victim surpass this problem. This particular

research can be used to inform and also warn people on the said problem. It’s a basis

so people will know the possible cause and effect and have an idea on how they can

avoid or help the victim. Bullying can seem random but research shows that most of the

victims are students. This shows that students have a higher risk of being bullied than

any individual. So it’s important to know the impact of it on the victim especially if the

victim is a student. The common effect of this problem to a student is that they might
lose focus in various things like listening to teachers in class. Some students stop going

to school and others just get depressed.

In general a bully is in a position of social power over the person he or she is

bullying. The misconception of cyberbullying is that it’s done mostly by people who are

powerful on the internet or who just wants to be noticed by sharing rumors about

people, this will cause the bully to be anonymous online. Bullies want to show people

that they have power and can get away with doing hurtful things. A lot of the time this

might be because they have been abused by someone, they know and feel that this is

the way to boost their ego, get their confidence back or express themselves

B. Statement of the problem

This study aims to know the common causes and effects of cyberbullying inside

the campus of Rizal High School students.

More specially, it seeks answers to the following questions.

1. How often do you use social media?

2. What sites / apps do you usually use?

3. How do you detect cyberbullying?

4. Why do people choose to bully online than in persona?

5. What do you feel when you see this threats being posted?

6. What should the victim do when he/she is cyberbullied?

7. How do we stop cyberbullying?

8. What could be the effects of cyberbullying?

9. How can you prevent cyberbullying?

10. How can you stay cyber safe?

 C. Significance of the study

This research is about the Common Cause and Effect of cyberbullying to student

here in Rizal High School. This will also explain why certain people tend to bully other

people socially.

Although a lot of research about this topic on cyberbullying has already been

made. So we’re here to make a clearer statement about the said topic. It’s very

important to discuss this to provide the proper knowledge and also to warn the problem.

People may not see this as that important but the effect of cyberbullying to a student

can get serious at times. Almost every kid at school use a cellphone, their always on the

latest update in life so it’s not really odd that some news spreads faster you just heard it

a minute ago. A lot of kids also want to adopt the latest trend they see on social media

they also want to be famous they also want to fit with society this is causes kids to post

too much information on social media or post unappropriated things. common effect of

this phenomenon is depression dropping out of school, anxiety and being an introvert a

kid becomes afraid to social interact with other. This research is also helpful to parents

and other adults that surround a kid or maybe a victim of cyberbullying. This way they

would know what to do if ever their kid is cyberbullied as well.

Parents, teachers, head departments and school administration can help

student in regards to this problem they could set a proper punishment to the bully and

give attention to the victim. We had a difficulty in finding the exact statistics on the
number of students being cyberbullied here in Rizal High School. It will become a big

less in the school name if ever more of these problems are not resolved so it’s also best

if the parent practice their child to not get too attached to their gadget.

D. Research assumption and hypothesis

The researchers expect the students to have a difficult time knowing the Cause

and effects of cyberbullying. We counted the majority of their answers to know their

knowledge about the problem. For some reasons getting less attached to your gadgets

may help you resolve this problem.

• Majority of the response is that they spend 3-6 hours using social media.

• Majority of the response is that the most used application is Facebook.

• Majority of the response is that they detect cyberbullying when someone posts

mean photos

• Majority of the response is that a lot of people see this threats being posted

that’s why they choose to bully others using social media.

• Majority of the response is that they feel pity when they see this threats being

posted.

• Majority of the response is they some help or repost on the website setting.

When things like this happen.

 • Majority of the response is to not send private information and don’t trust people

you don’t know online to avoid being cyberbullied.

• Majority of the response is that common cause of cyberbullying is depression.

• Majority of the response is that they avoid posting personal things online to

prevent cyberbullying from happening to them.

• Majority of the response is that they do a thorough research about people they

meet to be cyber safe.

E. Scope and limitation

The focus of this research is to analyze what are the common Cause and Effect

of Cyberbullying. This also explains why people choose to bully socially.

Research shows that almost every students use phones and other gadgets they

post, send and share stuff all the time, yet they are not aware of the risk they put

themselves into when they do this. Most of the students using gadgets have

experienced being cyberbullied. When you share things people comment their honest

opinion which is sometimes we take it too personally. Students get way too attached

with their gadget that whatever we see in it that’s fun and entertaining we do it. A certain

person choose to bully socially to show strength, positions or things that happen on

social media affects us more than we think. That’s why it turns into a competition on
whether who is going to be famous or not. These conflicts are Cause of cyberbullying to

start, having anxiety, or just ends up killing themselves cause their tittle on social media

are way too important for them to loose.

The study is limited to the grade 7, grade 8, grade 9, grade 10 and senior high

students of Rizal High School the data used in this study is the answers obtained from

the questionnaire made by the researchers given to the respondents in this study.

F. Definition of terms

Android: Operating system created by Google, Android powers, Smartphones and

Tablets.

Anonymizer: An Intermediary website that hides or disguises the IP address

associated with the Internet user. Generally, these sites allow a person to engage in

various internet activities without leaving on easily traceable digital footprint.

App: Abbreviation for “application”, it is a piece of software, primarily referring to

those used on smartphones, tablets and other touch-based devices.

Ask. Film: A website where users can ask and answer others? Questions with the

option of doing so anonymously.

 Bash Board: An online bulletin board on which individuals can post anything they

want. They often post malicious and hateful statements directed against another

person.

Blocking: The denial of access to particular parts of the internet. Usually a message

will be shown on screen to say that access has been denied for example, Facebook

users can block other user from sending them messages or seeing theirs posts.

Blog: Interactive web journal or diary, the contents of which are pasted online where

they are viewable by some or all individuals. The act of updating a blog is called

“blogging”. A person who keeps a blog is referred to as a “blogger”. The term was

created by combining “web” and “log”.

Buddy List: A collection of names or handles (also known as screen names) that

represent friends or “buddies” within an instant messaging or chat program .They are

useful in informing a user’s when that person’s friends are online and available to chat.

Bullicide: Suicide that results directly or indirectly from bullying victimization. The

relationship between bullying and suicide is complex and for that and others reasons,

many researchers have concerns with the utilization of this term.

Bullying: Repeated and deliberate harassment directed by one in a position of power

toward one or more. Can involve physical threats or behaviors, including assault, or

indirect and subtle forms of aggression, including gossip and rumor spreading. The term

bullying is usually reserved for young people and most often refers to these behaviors

as they occur at or near school.

 Cat fishing: In the online world, catfishing refers to the practice of setting up a

fictitious online profile, most often for the purpose of luring another into a fraudulent

romantic relationship.

Chat: An online real-time conversation, typically carried out by people who use

nicknames instead of their real names. A person can continually read.

Chat Room: A virtual online room where groups of people send and receive

messages on one screen. Popular chat rooms can have hundreds of people all

communicating at the same time. Typed messages appears instantly as real-time

conversation. All of the people in the room are listed on the side of the screen with their

screen names.

Cookie: A file on a computer or other electronic device that records user information

when visiting a website. Cookies are often used to identify the websites that the device

has visited, save login information and customization preference, and enable the

presentation of more personalized information or content.

Cyberbullicide: Suicide resulting directly or indirectly from cyberbullying victimization.

The relationship between cyberbullying and suicide is complex and for that and other

reasons, many researchers have concerns with the utilization of this system.

Cyberbullying: International and repeated harm inflicted through the use of

computers, cellphone, and other electronic devices.

Cyberspace: the electronic “universe” created by computer networks in which

individuals interact.
 Cyber stalking: Repeated harassment using electronic devices and networked

technology that includes threats of harm, or that is highly intimidating and intrusive upon

one’s personal privacy.

Cyber threats: Electronic material that either generally or specifically raises concerns

that the creator may intend to inflict harm or violence to others, or to himself or herself.

Dash boarding: When online users (usually on gaming Consoles) rapidly switch from

online in-game play to the home screen for their console or other devices. Games do

this when they are losing badly and don’t want the game to register their demise, or lack

of skills, or other metric that demonstrates poor performance.

Digital evidence: Tangible signs, proof, information, or data that demonstrate some

behavior. This could be a screenshot, a record of internet activity, a saved piece of

content, etc.

Digital footprint: Evidence of a person’s use of the internet, typically focusing on

dates and times of specific websites visited. This include anything that can be linked to

a user’s existence, presence, or identity.

Digital immigrant: A person who has not grown up with digital technology, such as

smartphones, social media, and the internet but has adopted it later. Many adults are

referred to as digital immigrants, because they have known a time when these

technologies didn’t exist.

 Chapter 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

Related Foreign Literature

Cyberbullying is considered to be a major problem even in foreign countries.

According to our research, up to 23% of teen’s report that they are or have been the

target of cyberbullying, and other 15% admitted to bully someone else online. A study

by Kasperky-lab and Iconkids and Youth found that 16 percent of the children surveyed

said they are more afraid of being bullied online than offline, and seven out of ten bullied

children admitted to experiencing trauma. These may cause disrupted sleep, lower self-

esteem, poor performance at school, eating disorders and depression. The survey also

revealed that many children would rather hide incidents of cyberbullying from their

parents, preferring to bottle up their conflicted feelings. According to an October 2016

story in Time Magazine, “many people do not seek help for anxiety and depression. A

2015 report from the Child-Mind Institute found that only about 20 percent of young

people with a diagnosable anxiety disorder get treatment.”

Related Local Literature

The Department of Health (DOH) in the Philippines consider cyberbullying as

“The new face of depression on social media,” with online bashing seen as a front that

may be contributing to a spike in the number of people afflicted by depression, even

thoughts of suicide, after adverse interactions online. While the DOH admits that local
data on cyberbullying are still being gathered and not yet finalized, depression itself

cites that the report by the National Center for Mental Health that there were 3,479

callers to the Hopeline Suicide prevention hotlines in 2016. The Philippines reportedly

leads the world in terms of most time spent on social media each day, and “six out of

ten young people aged 15 to 24 years old are regular internet users and more than half

have social network and email accounts.” According to a study on media use and youth

lifestyle by Dr. Grace Cruz released by the Demographic Research and Development

Foundation and the University of the Philippines Population Institute.

 Chapter 3

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE

The descriptive method of research was used in the study Descriptive method of

research is a fact-finding. It describes what is it described with emphasis what exists

such as current conditions practices, situations or any phenomena. Since the present

study or investigation was concerned with the study of common cause and effects of

bullying inside the campus among the Rizal High School as perceived by the students;

the descriptive method of research was the most appropriate method to use.

The method of collecting data used was the normative surveyor. This concerned

with considering the commonality of some elements. Since the present research is a

status study, the normative survey was the most appropriate method use in gathering.

The instrument used to collect the data was the questionnaire. This was used

because it gathers data faster than any method.

After receiving the related studies, the researchers prepared their own

questionnaire. They saw to it that there were enough items to collect data to cover all

cause and effects of the problem and to answer all the specific questions under the
statement of the problem, then they submitted the questionnaire to the research adviser

for correction, after which it was finalized.

The researchers printed out 120 questionnaires and distributed them to 120

students from different grade level, and as they counted the number of respondents by

their grade level is 24 from grade 7, 24 from grade 8, 24 from grade 9, 24 from grade 10

and 11 from senior level.

Before the respondents answered the questionnaire the researchers let them

know their topic first, and then gave them to some ideas about the research they were

conducting. The research did not choose the respondents but they assured them that

they could answer the questions they had on the questionnaire.

After having the entire questionnaire accomplish the research tallied the

response and computed the percentage to identify the commonalities which then

became the basis of their conclusion.

 Chapter 4
ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presented, analyzed and interpreted all the data that was gathered in

this research entitled “Cause and Effect of Cyberbullying”.

Table 1:

Distribution of Respondents as Regards to their Gender.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Male 53 55.83%
Female 67 44.17%
Total 120 100%

Table 1 Present the distribution of respondents as regards to their gender. Out of 120

respondents 53 or 55.83% are Male and 67 or 44.17% are Female.

Table 2:

Distribution of Respondent as regards to their age.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

12 10 8.33%
13 10 8.33%
14 16 13.33%
15 32 26.67%
16 38 31.67%
17 14 11.67%
Total 120 100%

Table 2 presents the distribution of Respondents as regards to their age. Out of 120

respondents 10 or 8.33% are 12 and 13 years old, 16 or 13.33% are 14 years old, 32 or

26.67% are 15 years old, 38 or 31.67% are 16 years old and 14 or 11.37% are 17 years

old.

Table 3:
 Distribution of Respondents as Regards to their Grade Level.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

7 19 15.83%
8 18 15%
9 16 13.33%
10 67 55.3%
Total 120 100%

Table 3 Present the Distribution of Respondents as Regard to their Grade Level. Out of

120 respondents 19 or 15.83% are grade 7, 18 or 15% a grade 8, 16 or 13.33% are

grade 9 and 67 or 55.88% are grade 10.

Table 4:

Distribution of students on how often they use social media.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

3-6 44 36.37%
8-12 24 20%
12-15 24 20%
15-24 28 23.33%
total 120 100
Table 4 Present Distribution of Respondents on how often they use Social Media. Out of

120 respondents 44 or 36.37% answered 3-6 hours, 24 or 20% answered 8-12 and

12-15 hours and 28 or 23.33% answered 15-24 hours.

Table 5:

Distribution of respondents on which Application/ site the commonly use.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Facebook 70 58.33%
YouTube 28 23.33%
Twitter 12 10%
Instagram 10 8.33%
Total 120 100%

Table 5 Present the Distribution of Respondents on which Application/Site they use. Out

of 12 respondents 70 or 58.33% answered Facebook, 28 or 23.33% answered

YouTube, 12 or 10% answered Twitter and 10 or 8.33% answered Instagram.

Table 6:

Distribution of respondents on how they detect cyberbullying.

 Choices No. of Respondents Percentage
Posting mean photos 50 41.67%
Sharing negative 32 26.67%

comments
Sending false information 20 16.67%
Sharing unrated videos 18 15%
Total 120 100%

Table 6 Present the distribution of Respondents on how they Detect Cyberbullying. Out

of 120 respondents 50 or 41.67 answered posting mean photos, 32 or 26.67%

answered sharing negative comments, 20 or 16.67% answered sending false

information and 18 or 15% answered showing unrated videos.

Table 7:

Distribution of Respondents on Why People Choose to Bully Online Rather than in

person.
 Choices No. of Respondents Percentage
Spreads faster 27 22.65%
Lots of people will see 55 45.83%
You can stay anonymous 23 19.17%
Avoid interaction 15 12.5%
Total 120 100%%

Table 7 Presents the Distribution of Respondents on why People choose to Bully Online

rather than in person. Out of 120 respondents 27 or 22.65% answered it spreads faster,

55 or 45.83% answered a lot of people will see, 23 or 19.17% answered you can stay

anonymous and 15 or 12.5% answered avoid interaction.

Table 8:

Distribution of Respondents on the Feeling if they read Threats being posted.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Feel pity 38 36.67%
Afraid Shocked 37 30.83%
Don’t mind at all 30 25%
Shocked 15 12.5%
Total 120 10.%

Table 8 Present the Distribution of Respondents on the Feeling if they read Threats

being posted. Out of 120 respondents 38 or 36.67% answered feel pity, 37 or 30.83%

answered afraid, 30 or 25% answered shocked 15 or 12.5% answered don’t mind at all.
Table 9:

Distribution of Respondents on the Victims Actions when Cyberbullied.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Ignore 38 31.67%
Report it on the site 37 30.83%

settings
Delete the spam 10 8.33%
Get some help 35 29.17%
Total 120 100%

Table 9 Present the Distribution of Respondents on the Victims Action when

Cyberbullied. Out of 120 respondents 38 or 31.67% answered ignore, 37 or 30.83%

answered report in on the website setting, 10 or 8.33% answered delete the spam and

35 or 29.17% answered get some help.

Table 10:

Distribution of Respondents on the effects of Cyberbullying.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Depression 54 45%
Anxiety 21 17.5%
Trauma 25 20.83%
Suicide 20 16.67%
Total 120 100%
Table 10 Presents the Distribution of Respondents on the Effects of Cyberbullying. Out

of 120 respondents 54 or 45% answered depression, 21 or 17.5% answered anxiety 25

or 20.83% answered trauma and 20 or 16.67% answered suicide.

Table 11:

Distribution of Respondents on the Solution to Stop Cyberbullying

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Don’t take advantage of 42 35%

the internet capabilities

Don’t send private 36 30%

information
Don’t trust people online 27 22.5%
Other specify 15 12.5%
Total 120 100%

Table 11 Present the Distribution of Respondents on the Solution to Stop Cyberbullying.

Out of 120 Respondents 42 or 35% answered don’t take advantage of internets

capabilities, 36 or 30% answered don’t send private information, 27 or 22.5% answered

don’t trust people online and 15 or 12.5% answered with their opinion.

Table 12:

Distribution of Respondents on how to Prevent Cyberbullying before it happens.

 Choices No. of Respondents Percentage
Don’t trust people online 33 27.5%
Avoid posting private 53 44.17%

Information
Don’t share thing is 28 23.33%

Unrated
Other specify 6 5%
Total 120 100%

Table 12 Present the Distribution of Respondents on how to prevents Cyberbullying

before it happens. Out of 120 Respondents 33 or 27.5% answered don’t trust people

online, 53 or 44.17% answered avoid posting private information, 28 or 23.33%

answered don’t share unrated, 6 or 5% answered with their own opinion.

Table 13:

Distribution of Respondents on How to Stay Cyber safe.

Choices No. of Respondents Percentage

Do a thorough research on 61 50.83%

the people you meet online

Be selective sharer 28 23.33%
Boost your network 15 12.5%

security
Practice safe surfing and 16 13%

shopping
Total 120 100%
Table 13 Present the Distribution of Respondents on How to Stay Cyber safe. Out of

120 Respondents 61 or 50.83% answered do a thorough research on the people you

meet online, 38 or 23.33% answered be selective sharer, 15 or 12.5% answered boost

your network security and 16 or 13% answered practice safe surfing and shopping.

Chapter 5

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

The researchers decided to conduct this research study for finding out the cause

and effect of cyberbullying inside the campus among the Rizal High School students.

They conducted survey with 120 respondents that were all students of the school.
 Based on the survey conducted 24 or 20% said that they used social media for 8-

12 hours and 12-15 hours.

Based on the survey conducted 70 or 58.33% said that Facebook was the

application they commonly used.

Based on the survey conducted 50 or 41.67% said that posting mean photos was

how they detect cyberbullying.

Based on the survey conducted 55 or 45.83% said that people chose to bully

online because lot of people can see.

Based on the survey conducted 38 or 36.67% said that they felt pity when they

read threats being posted.

Based on the survey conducted 38 or 36.67% said that they often ignore when

they were cyberbullied.

Based on the survey conducted 54 or 45% said that depression was the common

cause of cyberbullying.
 Based on the survey conducted 42 or 35% said that the solution to stop

cyberbullying was not to take advantage of the internet capabilities.

Based on the survey conducted 53 or 44.17% said that don’t trust people online

to prevent cyberbullying.

Based on the survey conducted 61 or 50.83% said that to stay cyber safe make a

thorough research on the people you meet online.

CONCLUSION

The researchers therefore conclude that the majority of the respondents spent 8-

12 hours per day on social media, and they commonly use the application Facebook.

Their opinion states that posting mean photos was how they detect cyberbullying.

People chose to bully online because a lot of people can see it, bringing more

humiliation to the victim. They feel pity on the victims of cyber threats that are posted.

The respondents stated that they often ignore it when they were cyberbullied, and it

caused depression for most of the victims. Based on the survey, the solution to stop
cyberbullying is to not take advantage of the internet capabilities, and to not trust people

online.

RECOMMENDATION

 For students: It is widely known that cyberbullying has adverse effects on

personal life, mental thinking and more especially for youth in school.

One main reason for students to pick up cyberbullying is through joy of making them

feel better about themselves. The researchers recommend that they try to stop
cyberbullying because this will not make them any relevant. Making the mistake of

cyberbullying at such a young age may be the cause of their depression.

 For parents: The researchers recommend that parents take a more pro-active

role in ascertaining whether their child/children have been cyberbullied. It is

imperative that they do not resort to immediate anger, instant care should be

utilized to inform their child on his/her obligation as a student.

 For teachers: As the students “second parent’’, teachers are more attuned to the

everyday goings among the children in their class. The researchers recommend

the teachers to give more in depth colloquiums on how to deal with peer pressure

regarding student’s cyberbullying. They must teach on the topic of mental effects

of cyberbullying to help their student’s to not attempt cyberbullying.

 For future researchers: Additional research is needed to further explore the

expectancies and outcomes of cyberbullying and a complete dedicated research

is required for its impact on the behavior, psychology and social interaction of

adolescents. A separate research should be conducted on the practices and

procedures of avoiding cyberbullying.