International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue IV, April 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186

The Influence Of Internet Usage To Cyberbullying Of SHS Students

Rey Avila Mangarin¹, Marlon D. Montaño²,
¹The University of Mindanao (Panabo College)
²The University of Mindanao (Peñaplata College

Abstract. This study was conducted to determine the significant influence of internet usage to cyberbullying among Senior High School students of two campuses of a certain university in Davao Region, Philippines. A quantitative non-experimental descriptive-correlational design was employed in the study utilizing a stratified random sampling technique among 176 out of 317 SHS students from Campus A and 132 out of 197 students from Campus B for S.Y. 2019-2020. Percentage was used to determine the proportion of students under frequency of internet usage and cyberbullying while chi-square analysis was used in determining if internet usage is a significant predictive factor of cyberbullying. As a result, 50% of sample students used internet in daily basis. The proportion of sample students who used in weekly basis is 18.2%. The proportion of students around 22.7% to be using internet in monthly basis. There is only a portion of 9.1% of sample students who used internet whenever they are only required.64% of the sample students experienced cyberbullying while only 36% of the sample students responded that they haven’t experienced cyberbullying. Thus, SHS students’ exposure to internet is recommended to be in controllable manner to reduce the cyber bullying experiences of the students.

Keywords: internet usage, cyberbullying, SHS students

Background of the Study

The pressing social issues relative to internet usage and its consequences needs to be managed and penalization for behavior that may be characterized as cyber violence needs to be crafted and in place. The Government of Canada’s national strategy on community safety and crime prevention was created in 1998 to support and assist victims including children, adults and minorities. At the community level in Canada local school Boards in concert with provincial Ministries of Education have published resource booklets on Cyberbullying to try to reach all Canadians. Still there is more to do to be proactive. In Canada, the province of Ontario introduced new legislation concerning cyberbullying as it is now an offence for which a student can be suspended or expelled from school (CityNews, 2007).
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