Junior High School Students' Perception About Social Media As A Place of Bullying.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
AS A PLACE OF BULLYING
A Research Paper
Presented to the Faculty of
English Department of General Tomas Mascardo National High School
10 - Rizal
Reyes, Miguel S.
Sico, Laurence P.
Navarro, Jethro Z.
Sarcilla, Lovelyn S.
Riano, Xyrone Luke C.
Ramos, Federic Nico P.
Opalalic, Prince Lenard N.
Peñaranda, Jhon Michael D.
Roderos, Angelica Nicole R.
Siguancia, Lhara Dominique M.
March 2020
CHAPTER 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND
This chapter includes the introduction, objectives, statement of the problem, the scope
and delimitation, and the significance of the study.
Background of the study
Bullying is an act of intentional aggressive behavior conducted to a person with less
power, be it physical, psychological, or influential, by someone with more power. This act
is defined as happening in a school or a similar place of learning so when bullying arose in
other channels like social media, a new subdivision of bullying was coined. This concept,
the act of bullying taken to a virtual setting, was later known as cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is a controversial issue in the 21 st century. It became prominent in all
age groups, ignoring the student-student idea from bullying, but the highest cases occur in
the teenage group, mostly between 15 and 17 years old (Ybarra and Mitchell, 2004b). The
term is now lenient with the definition, sometimes used in describing acts of defamation
towards the bullied through comments or messages. In other times it is used when a
cyberbully takes, for instance, a photo and alters or accompanies it with a derogatory
rumor. Now, cyberbullying includes the two acts formerly mentioned and other similar
deeds.
Cyberbullying is a common precursor to reduced academic performance in students,
low self-esteem, and anxiety, in some cases accompanied by depression (Nansel et al.,
2001; Rigby, 2003; Smith & Brain, 2000; Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004a).
Since the bullying takes place in virtual means, there is no actual physical contact
between the bully and the bullied. The bullying, therefore, is purely psychological and no
physical harm, at least none given by the bully, is done. The problem, however, is that the
psychological damage is longer-lasting than the physical damage given in face-to-face
bullying (Reid, Monsen, & Rivers, 2004).
Facebook is currently the venue where cyberbullying is most prominent, followed
closely by Twitter. Everybody is prone to cyberbullying, from ordinary citizens to social
media influencers and public figures. This research aims to discover the perception of
students on the connection of Facebook as a venue for cyberbullying. Most of adolescents
view social media as a way of receiving and sending messages and chat with others
[ CITATION Sul17 \l 1033 ].
Cyberbullying policies in different social media are reinforced through mechanisms
like reporting, blocking, filtering softwares, geofencing, human or automated moderation
systems, and antibullying educational materials [ CITATION Mil16 \l 1033 ].

Statement of the Problem
The study will be conducted to find out the different perceptions of junior high
school students about social media as a place of bullying, answering the following
questions:
1. What are the causes and effects of cyberbullying that Junior High School students’
know?
2. How will the Junior High School students cope up if they ever experienced
bullying in cyber world?
3. How do cyberbullying affects the students’ performance in school?
Significance of the Study
This study aims to know the perception of junior high school students about cyber
bullying in social media, benefitting the following:
Students. As the main respondents of the study, their opinion and perception about
the topic are necessary to be able to continue the research.
Teachers and Guidance Counselors. As educators, teachers serves as guardians of
the students in school. The teachers play a great role in the coping period of students when
they experienced being bullied.
Parents. Parents are the ones whom students rely on, this study can help them to
further understand cyberbullying in order to know how they can handle the situation
properly.
Future Researchers. They will be able to use this study as a reference and an
additional source of information for their own research.
Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This study entitled, “Junior High School Students’ Perception about Social Media as
a Place of Bullying”, aims to identify the different perceptions of grade 10 Junior High
School students of different schools about social media as a place of bullying. This also
covers the causes and effects of cyberbullying as known by grade 10 students, their coping
mechanism when bullying happens to them, and how cyberbullying affects their
performance in school.
The research are made to be answered by grade 10 students through a Likert-scale
type of questionnaire with five (5) for Strongly Agree, four (4) for Agree, three (3) for
Neutral, two (2) for Disagree, and one (1) for Strongly Disagree.
The researchers started this study on the second half of February and had their title
defense on the 22nd of the February. The collection of data happened within a month and
finished the study within the third week of February.

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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA

Presented to the Faculty of

English Department of General Tomas Mascardo National High School

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

and delimitation, and the significance of the study.

Background of the study

Bullying is an act of intentional aggressive behavior conducted to a person with less

is defined as happening in a school or a similar place of learning so when bullying arose in

Cyberbullying is a controversial issue in the 21 st century. It became prominent in all

Cyberbullying is a common precursor to reduced academic performance in students,

psychological damage is longer-lasting than the physical damage given in face-to-face

bullying (Reid, Monsen, & Rivers, 2004).

Facebook is currently the venue where cyberbullying is most prominent, followed

closely by Twitter. Everybody is prone to cyberbullying, from ordinary citizens to social

students on the connection of Facebook as a venue for cyberbullying. Most of adolescents

[ CITATION Sul17 \l 1033 ].

Cyberbullying policies in different social media are reinforced through mechanisms

like reporting, blocking, filtering softwares, geofencing, human or automated moderation

systems, and antibullying educational materials [ CITATION Mil16 \l 1033 ].

bullying in cyber world?

3. How do cyberbullying affects the students’ performance in school?

Significance of the Study

bullying in social media, benefitting the following:

the topic are necessary to be able to continue the research.

Teachers and Guidance Counselors. As educators, teachers serves as guardians of

they experienced being bullied.

additional source of information for their own research.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

The research are made to be answered by grade 10 students through a Likert-scale

finished the study within the third week of February.

Milosevic, T. (2016). Social Media Companies, Cyberbullying Policies. International

Suleiman, H., & Vashistha, R. (2017). Proceedings of International Conference on:

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