Time Spent on the Internet as a Factor in Cyberbullying in Social Media

Abstract

Malaysia ranked 9th among the countries with the most active social media users worldwide, which comprise 80% of its total population. The extensive use of social media platforms eventually leads to ethical and moral violations in the form of cyberbullying. This activity is becoming more prevalent among netizens by making fun of an individual as a joke to attract attention and fun on social media. The government established the Communications and Multimedia Act of 1998 to monitor misdemeanors in the digital world, mainly social media. This study aims to analyze the duration of time spent on the internet as a factor in cyberbullying. The study quantitatively used a survey design. A set of questionnaires was distributed to 436 respondents in Melaka and later analyzed through SPSS software. The findings of the study reveal a significant difference in the mean score of the effect of cyberbullying based on the time spent surfing the internet ((f = 8.857); (p <0.05) for each category.

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“…After we quote respectively according to the order of importance flaming, harassment, trickery or outing, exclusion, cyberstalking and finally dissing. On this point, our results are contrary to what has been demonstrated in previous researches where harassment was the most used category of cyberbullying (Kies, 2021;Ab Rashid et al, 2022). This divergence can be explained by the difference of the cultural context.…”