Cyber Bully and Online Harassment

College for Research & Technology of Cabanatuan
Burgos Avenue, Cabanatuan City 3100

Tel. 463-2735 463-2697 600-2200; E-mail: crt.cabanatuan@gmail.com
Cyber Bullying and Online Harassment
A Final Requirement for
IT 107
By:
Roi Buenaventura
Nathan Duque
Maybeth Serna
Christian Bauto
To:
Mr. Eugene Esguerra
College for Research & Technology

2024
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Many people already experienced cyber bullying, not only the known
personalities but also an ordinary individual may have experience IT Student. 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
IT Student. 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 IT Student. 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 know what are the different ways to prevent cyber bullying to cause more
problems in our own places.
Statement of the problem
This study determine the cyberbullying and online harasment in IT student

at College for Research and Technology, Specifically it aimed to answer the
following question.
1. How may demographic profile respondent be describe in term of.
1.1 Age:
1.2 Sex:
2. What is the degree of influence of cyberbullying and online harassment in IT

student of respondent in term of.
2.1 Anxiety problem
2.2 Social Media problem
2.3 Personality problem
3. Is there a significant relationship between demographic profile of the respondent

and the degree of influence of the Cyberbullying and online harassment in IT student
of the behavior of respondent?
General Objectives:
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 & online harassment. This is
a major problem that occurs in social media and many individuals have already
experienced this.
1. Identify the causes of cyberbullying & online harassment.
2. Identify the effects of cyberbullying & online harassment.
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
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 study of 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 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.
According to Smith (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
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.
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 cyberbullying and online
harasment, victims will feel safer, not only in their homes, but at school as well.
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 email, 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 self-harm communities in which depressed youths will sometimes access
to gain information on suicide and self-harm methods.
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.
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 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
nationallyrepresentative 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 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 longterm

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 healthrelated
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.
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 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.
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
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 III
Name(optional):__________________________ Age:___________
Year & Section:___________________________ Gender:___________
Direction: Kindly indicate your answer by putting a check(√) on the space provided. Answer as honest
as you can. Your answer will be rendered confidential.
1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree
3. Neutral 4. Disagree
5.Strongly Disagree
PERSONAL CHOICE 5 4 3 2 1
1.Do you believe that schools should have specific policies in place to deal
with cyberbullying?
2.Do you think online platforms should be more accountable for preventing
online harassment and cyberbullying?
3.Do you think individuals who engage in cyberbullying should face legal
consequences?
4.Do you think cyberbullying has a significant impact on the mental health
of the victims?
5.Do victims have to right to defend themselves against bullies?
6.Do you feel that students in your school are comfortable or empowered to
step up and inform a trusted adult about cyberbullying that is occurring to
others?
7.Do you believe that individuals who bully others can change their
behavior?
8.Do you know someone who has been bullied?
9.Did cyberbullying affect your confidence?
10.Do you think bullying is perceived to be an everyday part of the culture in

your school?
Results & Discussion
5 4 3 2 1
1.Do you II IIIIIII II IIIIIIIII IIIIIIII
believe that
schools should
have specific
policies in place
to deal with
cyberbullying?
Total 2 7 2 9 8
5 4 3 2 1
2.Do you think IIII III IIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII IIIIII
online platforms
should be more
accountable for
preventing
online
harassment and
cyberbullying?
Total 4 3 9 10 6
5 4 3 2 1
3.Do you think IIIIIII II IIIIIII IIIIIII IIIIIIIII
individuals who
engage in
cyberbullying
should face
legal
consequences?
Total 7 2 7 7 9
5 4 3 2 1
4.Do you think IIII IIII IIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIII
cyberbullying
has a significant
impact on the
mental health of
the victims?
Total 4 4 4 12 8
5 4 3 2 1
5.Do victims IIII IIIII IIIIIII IIIIIIIIII IIIIII
have to right to
defend
themselves
against bullies?
Total 4 5 7 10 6
5 4 3 2 1
6.Do you feel IIII II IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII IIII
that students in
your school are
comfortable or
empowered to
step up and
inform a trusted
adult about
cyberbullying
that is occurring
to others?
Total 4 2 12 10 4
5 4 3 2 1
7.Do you IIII IIII IIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIII IIII
believe that
individuals
who bully
others can
change their
behavior?
Total 4 4 11 9 4
5 4 3 2 1
8.Do you III IIIIIII IIIIIIIII IIIIIII IIIIII
know someone
who has been
bullied?
Total 3 7 9 7 6
5 4 3 2 1
9.Did II IIIIIIII IIIII IIIIIIII IIIIIIIII
cyberbullying
affect your
confidence?
Total 2 8 5 8 9
5 4 3 2 1
10.Do you II IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIII IIII IIIIIII
think bullying
is perceived to
be an everyday
part of the
culture in your
school?
2 10 8 4 7
PERSONAL CHOICE 5 4 3 2 1
1.Do you believe that schools should have specific policies in place to deal 2 7 2 9 8
with cyberbullying?
2.Do you think online platforms should be more accountable for preventing 4 3 9 10 6
online harassment and cyberbullying?
3.Do you think individuals who engage in cyberbullying should face legal 7 2 7 7 9
consequences?
4.Do you think cyberbullying has a significant impact on the mental health 4 4 4 12 8
of the victims?
5.Do victims have to right to defend themselves against bullies? 4 5 7 10 6
6.Do you feel that students in your school are comfortable or empowered to 4 2 12 10 4
step up and inform a trusted adult about cyberbullying that is occurring to
others?
7.Do you believe that individuals who bully others can change their 4 4 11 9 4
behavior?
8.Do you know someone who has been bullied? 3 7 9 7 9
9.Did cyberbullying affect your confidence? 2 8 5 8 9
10.Do you think bullying is perceived to be an everyday part of the culture 2 10 8 4 7

in your school?
Total 36 52 74 77 70
DISCUSSION OF DATA
The data for this research will be collected using a survey questionnaire. The survey
will be created using suitable questions modified from related research and individual
questions formed by the researcher. The survey will be composed of 10 questions,
which will be related to the participant’s perception regarding the effects and
prevention of cyber bullying and online harassment. After we collect all the survey
questionnaires from the 30 IT student, the data will be analyzed by the researchers to
know the IT student’ opinions about the effects and prevention of cyber bullying.
CHAPTER IV
CONCLUSION
Based on the researcher's findings, the following conclusions will be given
and concluded:
1. Students will always active on social media and plenty of them already
experienced cyber bullying.
2. Many victims will 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 will be 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
4. Most of the victims will be 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 & online harassment
incidents is will be attending 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.
RECOMMENDATION
From the findings of the study will be based on the conclusion will be 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 a while 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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College for Research & Technology of Cabanatuan

Burgos Avenue, Cabanatuan City 3100

Cyber Bullying and Online Harassment

A Final Requirement for

Mr. Eugene Esguerra

College for Research & Technology

Statement of the problem

This study determine the cyberbullying and online harasment in IT student

1. How may demographic profile respondent be describe in term of.

2. What is the degree of influence of cyberbullying and online harassment in IT

2.1 Anxiety problem

2.2 Social Media problem

2.3 Personality problem

3. Is there a significant relationship between demographic profile of the respondent

According to the study of Richard Donegan of Elon Univeristy in America,

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

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

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

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

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

1. Strongly Agree 2. Agree

9.Did cyberbullying affect your confidence?

10.Do you think bullying is perceived to be an everyday part of the culture in

Results & Discussion

9.Did cyberbullying affect your confidence? 2 8 5 8 9

10.Do you think bullying is perceived to be an everyday part of the culture 2 10 8 4 7

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