CYBER BULLYING AMONG FILIPINO ADOLESCENTS

A RESEARCH PROPOSAL

PRESENTED TO ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

PAJO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT

OF THE REQUIREMENT OF

ENGLISH 10

SUBMITTED BY:

Bering, Jr

Diano, Precious

Villarico, Rico
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Rationale of the study

Cyber safety is a pervasive and global problem. It is an international phenomenon that is widely
unregulared, adolescents all over the world are progressively becoming technologically savy
and digitally trendy, as communication through use of cellphones and other handheld devices
such as ipods and internet access using computers, become part of adolescents lifestyle. This
recent globalization and easy access to the internet and other technologies among adolescent
have become the focus of news reports and research.

A sixteen year-old grade 10 girl received pornographic emails from a classmate. All of these
reports, ranging from virtual flaming to sexually suggestive comments and the distribution of
explicit photographs traumatize adolescents.

The greatest impact of these embarrassing inciedents is that the various effects of cyber
bullying are impressive to nullify once electronically shared. Hurtful messages, emotional
struggles and anxiety over peer pressure are growing challenge for today’s youth to deal with.
Unlike growing up in the days when technology was not available at every teen’s fingertips,
bullying incidences present a challenge to trace bullying on the internet makes it difficult for
school staff.

Thus, this study investigates the cyber bullying issue among junior students in Pajo National
High School for school year 2016-2017.
 Theoritical background

Many news stories have reported cyberbullying incidents from all the world. Cyberbullying and
sexting and most recently sextbullying, have been at the forefronts of these technological
phenomena which can lead to online harassment, teen suicide, and jail time of child
pornography. It does not only affect children but also adults, and the average age that
cyberbullying becomes an issue is mainly between the ages of thirteen to seventeen, which is
cousing many victims to loose their self esteem and social skills of a young age, finding it hard
to trust people that are involved in their life. Young girls and teens are more likely to become
victims of cyberbullying and 58% of cyberbullying has been done, as bullies believe that it is
easy way to get back at someone. 90% of teenagers who are victims of cyberbullying don’t
inform their parents about the abuse and more than 25% of adolescents are experiencing
cyberbullying right now. It makes vitims feel depressed, stressed, unworthy,guilty for
something they haven’t done, alone, rejected and also very unsafe and afraid of their peers.
This has caused many victims to consider suicide as a possible option to run away from
everything they are having to experience.

Bullying in schools has become a large concern across the country, With the advances of
technology a new form of of bullying has been created, cyber-bullying, and it has become a
growing problem in schools. In conjunction with this rise in bullying, schools and educators are
now responsible for addressing bullying incidents in schools. In an article by Bradshaw (207)
entitled “Bullying and Peer Victimization at School: Perceptual Differences between Students
and School Staff,” results showed that an educator’s childhood experiences with bullying
affected how they dealt with bullying as educators and that staff was unaware of how often
students were being bullied. From Bradshaw’s the research conducted it looks as though anti-
bullying interventions have not addresses this problem. By having more information on how
much training educators have and if how their history with bullying can affect how they address
bullying situations a more comprehensive and affective anti-bullying interventions can be
created. We will pursue this topic in our research
 Statement of the problem
The study discussed the CyberBullying Among Adolescents

from Pajo National High School: it’s implication to

BehaviorSpecifically, the following questions will be answered:

1.What are the profile of the respondents in terms of:

a.Sex

b.Age

2.What are the factors or causes of Bullying?

3.What are the effects of bullying ?

 Significants of the study

The findings which this will reveal, maybenefit certain groups and the benefits they be able to
gain are as follows.

Students- this group may use this study as an example bear in their mind they are more luckier
than tose who are bullied even life is very struggling because of economic problems, they are
still send in the school to learn by their parents.

To the parents- so that the parentswill be able to know that they should have a sense of
dedication and devotion to duty as parents in implementation of some strategies for the
development of their kids although they experiented being bullied or those who commited
bullying to bring them in a state that the effects of being bullied.
 Research Methodology
The researchers used the descriptive analytical method of research for this is the most
appropriate means of evaluating the effects of bullying among children and its implication to
behavior.

Research Environment
This study is conducted at Pajo National High School and located in Pajo Lapu-Lapu City. The
researchers are conducting the research in the high school department only.

Statement of the data

The researchers decided to have a survey on the actions of the chosen respondents. The survey
will verify our conclusions and furthermore makes complimentary conclusions. We will
furthermore analyze and conclude with supporting details.
 Precious D. Diano

Hi-way Maguikay Mandaue City

Mobile No. 09223698530

Email Address: preciousdiano88@yahoo.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : August 08, 2000

Place of Birth : Angono Binangonan Rizal ( Manila )

Gender : Female

Age : 16

Citizenship : Filipino

Religion : Roman Catholic

Status : Single

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:

Elementary : Paknaan Elementery School

Junior High School : Pajo National High School

 Rico Villarico

Sitio Camansi Pajo Lapu-lapu City

Mobile No. 09423250479

Email Address: ricovillarico@yahoo.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : May 10, 1996

Place of Birth : Negros Occidental Sipalay City

Gender : Male

Age : 20

Citizenship : Filipino

Religion : Roman Catholic

Status : Single

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:

Elementary : Central Elementary school

Junior High School: Pajo National High School

 Jr Bering

Babag Lapu-lapu City

Mobile No. 09323918371

Email Address: Jrbering@rocketmail.com

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth : May 11, 1998

Place of Birth : Cebu City

Gender : Male

Age : 18

Citizenship : Filipino

Religion : Roman Catholic

Status : Single

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT:

Elementary : Pajo Elementary school

Junior High Schoo: Pajo National High School