Description of Cyberbullying Understanding in Social Media on Students

Perkembangan teknologi internet dan media sosial semakin mempercepat proses penyebaran informasi. Hal ini tentu mempermudah manusia kehidupan manusia. Namun pesatnya teknologi informasi dapat berdampak negatif jika tidak dimanfaatkan dengan baik. Saat ini tengah marak kasus cyberbullying, yaitu perlakuan bully yang terjadi melalui media cyber dalam hal ini yaitu media sosial. Cyberbullying memiliki dampak yang buruk terhadap korban seperti menyebabkan depresi, hingga yang terparah yaitu menyebabkan kematian karena bunuh diri. Cyberbullying kerap menjadi masalah besar baik di tatanan nasional hingga global. Telah banyak kasus yang terjadi, yang paling banyak yaitu remaja yang bunuh diri karena mengalami cyberbully. Karena hal tersebut, peneliti tertarik untuk meneliti lebih lanjut tentang cyberbullying. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti ingin mengetahui seberapa besar tingkat pemahaman remaja terhadap perilaku cyberbullying. Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma positivistik dengan metode pengumpulan data yaitu survei kuesioner. Sampel penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa dari salah satu Universitas di Tangerang Selatan.The development of internet technology and social media is accelerating the process of disseminating information. This certainly makes it easier for human life. But the rapid pace of information technology can have a negative impact if it is not put to good use. At the moment there is a rampant cyberbullying case, which is the bullying that occurs through cyber media, in this case, social media. Cyberbullying has a bad impact on victims such as causing depression, so that the worst is causing death due to suicide. Cyberbullying is often a big problem both in the national and global order. There have been many cases that have occurred, the most numerous being teenagers who committed suicide due to experiencing cyberbully. Because of this, researchers are interested in researching more about cyberbullying. In this study, researchers wanted to find out how much the level of understanding of adolescents towards cyberbullying behavior. This study uses a positivistic paradigm with data collection methods, namely questionnaire survey. The sample of this study were students from one of the universities in South Tangerang