Cyber Bully In Malaysia

Cyberbullying among young adults in malaysia.

Cyber bully in malaysia. Overall it can be concluded that cyberbullying incidences are still taking place even though they are not as rampant as observed among the younger users. The data also found 63 per cent of the malaysian correspondents were not aware that there existed cyberbullying helpline services. It would be interesting to investigate if cyberbullying activities are only limited to the schooling years considering that very few studies were done involving those aged more than 17 or 18 years old coyne et al 2009. Afp pic kuala lumpur oct 27 malaysia jumped straight to sixth place in a survey measuring cyberbullying among 28 countries reaching the ignoble height on its very first attempt.

Facebook instagram snapchat and tik tok you name it they got it. Globally 17 say their child has experienced cyberbullying. This number is on the rise namely in south africa up from 10 in 2011 to 25 now and turkey up from 5 in 2011 to 19 now. Twenty eight percent 28 out of 6 953 young people in malaysia polled recently say they have been a victim of online bullying with 43 of them experiencing it through online games and private messaging and social media apps including facebook instagram whatsapp youtube and twitter.

Cyber bullying involves sending posting or sharing negative harmful false or mean content about someone else and malaysians are no stranger to it with some being the bully and others being the victim. The roles of gender age and internet frequency. Computers in human behavior 46 149 157. In malaysia nearly half 47 of malaysian parents know a child in their community who has experienced cyberbullying.

It ranked second in asia. In malaysia out of the more than 5 000 respondents who joined the survey 457 or nine per cent said they had used digital platforms to harass or bully others. Malaysia is known for being the home of makcik bawangs which may directly translate to onion aunties but it means people who say bad things about others online and put their noses where they don t belong. Cyberbullying is a huge problem in m sia as we re top 10 in the world for cyberbullying reports.

Studies on cyberbullying in malaysia are completely lacking except for a few such as faryadi 2011 who investigated the emotional effects of cyberbullying among students.