Cyberbullying’s Forms and Implications Among Students With Pesantren Background and Active Social Media Users

Abstract

As internet users in Indonesia increased by 11% from the previous year, Indonesians are getting more immersive with digital environment. In addition, the pandemic may be one of the drivers of the increase. The trend of using social media has a significant impact on people's social life, including the occurrence of bullying through online media, known as cyberbullying. The study aims to identify forms and impacts of cyberbullying among students of Faculty of Islamic Studies, Universitas Islam Indonesia with pesantren background and active social media users. With the descriptive qualitative method, the researchers applied purposive sampling in determining the respondents. The results of this study indicate that 84.6% of respondents know the definition of cyberbullying. 61.5% of respondents stated that they experienced at least 2 of 7 types of cyberbullying. The interview shows 3 forms of cyberbullying, such as, online harassments, flaming, and exclusion. The informants' reactions to cyberbullying are feeling annoyed, angry, hurt, disappointed, afraid, shock, overthinking, insecure, anxious, embarrassed, sad, concerned, retaliation to the perpetrators, and suicidal attempt. The informants' coping mechanisms are meeting a professional, remaining silent, suppressing their feelings, holding back their anger, blocking any communication access to the bully, and conducting activities to distract them from the occurred cyberbullying (e.g., playing games, journaling, relaxing, and sleeping). The interview also indicates negative and positive consequences of cyberbullying. Finally, the informants believes that social media ethics promoted via digital literacy campaign to young adults will be a solution which will significantly contribute to preventing cyberbullying.

Trend Strategy to Prevent Bullying in Islamic Boarding Schools (Pesantren)

“…As the data obtained in Figure 1 above, the researchers conducted a PRISMA analysis as follows: The results of 60 journal articles on the research objectives will be described in detail in the table below ( psychological depression in individuals (victims) (Anam, 2019;Oktaviani et al, 2020). The aggressive temperaments and personalities of the students contribute to several causes of bullying in Islamic boarding schools (Riyanti et al, 2022). Aggressive personality tends to be supported by a solid physique and agreeableness (Oktaviani et al, 2020) with peer support.…”

“…Hastri and Riyanti et al, contribute ideas for counteracting bullying in Islamic boarding schools through strengthening digital literacy, cyberbullying (Nuroniyah, 2023;Riyanti et al, 2022) and dissemination of legal education for perpetrators of bullying (Hastri et al, 2022) so Islamic boarding schools can enforce rules (laws) for bullying offenders and provide escort persuasively to students (santri) (victims) (Mayasari & Rambe, 2023). As an example, the Nurul Jadid Islamic Boarding School enforces foster care at each Islamic boarding school complex (substitute parents in Islamic boarding schools) to overcome acts of bullying from senior to junior students (santri) (Farhan & Aziah, 2019).…”

“…Additionally, several preventative measures against bullying are carried out, including the provision of counseling to santri's caregivers (Najmi et al, 2022), the fun Cottage Movement program (GPM) (Yani & Retnowuni, 2019), welfare provision to santri (Borualogo & Casas, 2023), emotion management training (Suzanna et al, 2023), santri conflict management (Ananda et al, 2023), peer group as an effort to increase students' self-confidence (Yunita & Isnawati, 2022), and behavioral approach (Hastri et al, 2022). Some researchers have implemented specific findings from empirical research on the topic of non-bullying in Islamic boarding schools, which includes an investigation into the topic (Ghafar, 2023;Winarni & Lestari, 2016), identification of bullying behavior of santri (Khasanah et al, 2023;Riyanti et al, 2022), and bullying behavior of santri (Mansur et al, 2021).…”

Dampak Etika Siber Jejaring Sosial Pada Pembentukan Karakter Pada Generasi Z

“…Selain itu, penelitian yang dilakukan oleh (Riyanti et al, 2022) menunjukkan bahwa etika siber juga berperan dalam membentuk perilaku generasi Z terkait penggunaan media sosial. Studi ini menemukan bahwa generasi Z yang memiliki kesadaran etika siber yang tinggi cenderung menggunakan media sosial secara bertanggung jawab, menghindari cyberbullying, dan berinteraksi secara positif dengan orang lain dalam lingkungan digital.…”