A systematic analysis of cyber bullying in Southeast Asia countries

Abstract

The beginning of electronic based communication era has facilitate the human global communication. In today’s world, social networking websites are an integral part of youth and kids. Although there are several benefits, there are also side effects; one of these side effects is the cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a wilful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices. This paper conducted a systematic review of cyber bullying in Southeast Asia to investigate the current research in this area. Research in this area has been comparatively low, but in recent years has begun to appear and manifest. This paper, review studies in the 11 Southeast Asian countries. Multiple online databases were searched to identify studies published between 2000 and 2018, to summarize the main findings and the nature of these studies. The important of date of data collection and self-reporting methods and how a better understanding of the process is needed to design effective cyber bullying interventions are discussed.