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A Report on Teenage Cyber Bullying In Singapore
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the report is to investigate the reasons behind the rise in cyber bullying cases in Singapore among teenagers. The report will also recommend measures to improve the situation.
1.2 Background
Cyber bullying occurs when a teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, or targeted by another teen or group using the Internet, mobile phones, or other types of digital technology. It has to be a teen on both sides. Bullying is not new but thanks to the advancement in technology, teens are now being bullied at home. When bullying comes home via the Internet it can leave victims feeling helpless and overwhelmed (NJDOE, http://www.starw.org/b2b/cyberbullyingdefinition.htm). T
This report is commission by Miss Lynette Wan, Lecturer, on 30 May 2011.
1.3 Methods of Investigation
Questionnaires were issued to 30 teenagers from Temasek Polytechnic on 8 July 2011. Two teenagers who were victims of cyber bullying were also interviewed to get more in depth views. Reference was also made to books, online sources and newspapers articles.
1.4 Scope
This report looks into the profile of the bully, reasons causing cyber bullying and the consequences of cyber bullying. 2. FINDINGS
2.1 Respondents Profile
A total of 30 respondents were surveyed. Of the 30 respondents, 40% were male teenagers while the rest were female teenagers. All of the respondents are aged 16 to 19 years old. Year 1 students made up 43% of the respondents while Year 2 and Year 3 students made up 33% and 24% respectively. This can be seen in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Respondent’s Profile
The respondents’ profile shows a near equal distribution of both male and female teenagers. Cyber bullying is becoming more prevalent because of teens' high usage of Internet-capable devices (Tyra, 2011). This suggests that teenagers are more than capable enough to access the devices that
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of the report is to investigate the reasons behind the rise in cyber bullying cases in Singapore among teenagers. The report will also recommend measures to improve the situation.
1.2 Background
Cyber bullying occurs when a teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, or targeted by another teen or group using the Internet, mobile phones, or other types of digital technology. It has to be a teen on both sides. Bullying is not new but thanks to the advancement in technology, teens are now being bullied at home. When bullying comes home via the Internet it can leave victims feeling helpless and overwhelmed (NJDOE, http://www.starw.org/b2b/cyberbullyingdefinition.htm). T
This report is commission by Miss Lynette Wan, Lecturer, on 30 May 2011.
1.3 Methods of Investigation
Questionnaires were issued to 30 teenagers from Temasek Polytechnic on 8 July 2011. Two teenagers who were victims of cyber bullying were also interviewed to get more in depth views. Reference was also made to books, online sources and newspapers articles.
1.4 Scope
This report looks into the profile of the bully, reasons causing cyber bullying and the consequences of cyber bullying. 2. FINDINGS
2.1 Respondents Profile
A total of 30 respondents were surveyed. Of the 30 respondents, 40% were male teenagers while the rest were female teenagers. All of the respondents are aged 16 to 19 years old. Year 1 students made up 43% of the respondents while Year 2 and Year 3 students made up 33% and 24% respectively. This can be seen in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Respondent’s Profile
The respondents’ profile shows a near equal distribution of both male and female teenagers. Cyber bullying is becoming more prevalent because of teens' high usage of Internet-capable devices (Tyra, 2011). This suggests that teenagers are more than capable enough to access the devices that