Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia
The purpose of this research was to survey the current situation concerning cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia. Specifically, this research aimed at finding out the prevalence of cyberbullying among youth based on demographic data and the common types of cyberbullying tactic. The survey method wa...
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| author | Lai, Chee Sern Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza Lee, Ming Foong Mohd Salleh, Kahirol Sulaiman, Nor Lisa Rosli, D’oria Islamiah Chang, Wilson Vui Seng |
| author_facet | Lai, Chee Sern Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza Lee, Ming Foong Mohd Salleh, Kahirol Sulaiman, Nor Lisa Rosli, D’oria Islamiah Chang, Wilson Vui Seng |
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| description | The purpose of this research was to survey the current situation concerning cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia. Specifically, this research aimed at finding out the prevalence of cyberbullying among youth based on demographic data and the common types of cyberbullying tactic. The survey method was adopted as the research design in which a set of questionnaire was developed to collect the data. A total of 1406 respondents were selected in this research. In general, the research findings reveal that majority of the respondents had been cyberbullied before. The Malays community yielded the highest percentage of cyberbullied victims. In addition, the result also shows that female cyber users were usually targeted as the cyberbully victim. The most common type of cyberbully tactic was through receiving offensive/ pornographic materials. Effective and pragmatic steps have to be taken in order to mitigate the cyberbullying problem among Malaysian youth. |
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| spelling | uthm.eprints-45822021-12-07T07:58:20Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4582/ Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia Lai, Chee Sern Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza Lee, Ming Foong Mohd Salleh, Kahirol Sulaiman, Nor Lisa Rosli, D’oria Islamiah Chang, Wilson Vui Seng BF Psychology LB Theory and practice of education LB3011-3095 School management and discipline The purpose of this research was to survey the current situation concerning cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia. Specifically, this research aimed at finding out the prevalence of cyberbullying among youth based on demographic data and the common types of cyberbullying tactic. The survey method was adopted as the research design in which a set of questionnaire was developed to collect the data. A total of 1406 respondents were selected in this research. In general, the research findings reveal that majority of the respondents had been cyberbullied before. The Malays community yielded the highest percentage of cyberbullied victims. In addition, the result also shows that female cyber users were usually targeted as the cyberbully victim. The most common type of cyberbully tactic was through receiving offensive/ pornographic materials. Effective and pragmatic steps have to be taken in order to mitigate the cyberbullying problem among Malaysian youth. Indeks Belia Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4582/1/AJ%202017%20%28201%29%20Cyberbullying%20among%20youth%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Lai, Chee Sern and Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza and Lee, Ming Foong and Mohd Salleh, Kahirol and Sulaiman, Nor Lisa and Rosli, D’oria Islamiah and Chang, Wilson Vui Seng (2016) Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia. Malaysia Journal of Youth Studies, 15. ISSN 2180-1649 |
| spellingShingle | BF Psychology LB Theory and practice of education LB3011-3095 School management and discipline Lai, Chee Sern Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza Lee, Ming Foong Mohd Salleh, Kahirol Sulaiman, Nor Lisa Rosli, D’oria Islamiah Chang, Wilson Vui Seng Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title | Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title_full | Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title_short | Cyberbullying among youth in Malaysia |
| title_sort | cyberbullying among youth in malaysia |
| topic | BF Psychology LB Theory and practice of education LB3011-3095 School management and discipline |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4582/1/AJ%202017%20%28201%29%20Cyberbullying%20among%20youth%20in%20Malaysia.pdf |
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