PERILAKU CYBERBULLYING DENGAN MEDIA INSTAGRAM PADA REMAJA DI YOGYAKARTA
Abstract
Background: The high incidence of cyberbullying behavior in social media becomes a
problem that should be solved. The cyberbullying behavior among adolescent is influence
by the high usage of social media, lack of emphaty, and one own's experience of being
bullied. Such behavior has a lasting negative impact upon the victims of cyberbullying,
especially psychologically.
Research Objective: This study aims to explore cyberbullying behavior among
adolescent in Yogyakarta.
Methodelogy: this research was a qualitative research with phenomenology approach.
Informant of this study consisted three high school students and two junior high school
students that was selected with purposive sampling method. The data were extracted with
in-depth interview guidline and observation through a social media platform Instagram.
Data validity was performed with triangulation method and peer debriefing. The software
used to perform data analysis was Open Code 4.03.
Hasil: The types of cyberbullying done on instagram among adolescent in Yogyakarta
such as providing rude comments, updating instastory, uploading photos, and
commenting on photos. It is influenced by several factors such as the intensity of social
media usage, lack of emphaty, and character of victim. Victims who experience
cyberbullying will respond to the prepetrators, and the character of the victim. Victims
who experience cyberbullying will respond to the prepetrator and have an impact on the
lives of cyberbullying victims.
Kesimpulan: the types of cyberbullying that is performed on instagram among
adolescent in Yogyakarta consisted acts like rude comments, instastory updates, photo's
upload and photo's commentary. Suggestions for researchers can further intervene
through health promotion in social media related cyberbullying behavior so that there is
no increase in cyberbullying actions in social media.