Cyberbullying Cases In Malaysia

Advanced technology has also spawned a new form of online cyber bullying phenomenon.

Cyberbullying cases in malaysia. Bullying isn t new it s been around for a while. As in amanda s case and like so many other cases facebook and other social networks enabled the bullies to continue harassing amanda even after she switched schools to a different city. The roles of gender age and internet frequency. According to a global survey malaysia is among the world s top countries where parents have reported their children experiencing cyberbullies in an article published recently by tech review site comparitech malaysia ranked sixth among 28 countries in a survey on cyberbullying around the world.

According to the star bullying is so widespread amongst children in malaysia that a recent nationwide survey found that 8 out of 10 malaysian children have encountered bullying in their respective schools. Based on cybersecurity malaysia s statistics 5 cyberbullying among students occurs almost every day with 338 cases reported last year compared with 291 cases in 2014. 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. In malaysia the survey further revealed that 38 of malaysian respondents are very or somewhat worried about online bullying while only 27 of parents talked about online risks with their children.

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. Globally the findings continued to be worrisome with more than half 54 of children worried about being bullied online. Computers in human behavior 46 149 157. Although it s a reality facing internet users the association said that cyber harassment cases mostly go unreported as many don t want to go through the lengthy legal processes to seek redress.

The sun also reported that malaysia was placed sixth among 28 countries in a survey to measure cyber bullying and is second in asia. What is new is cyberbullying. 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. Cyberbullying among young adults in malaysia.

A 12 year old english schoolgirl hung herself after being tormented online by cyberbullies about her hair and clothes. 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.