A Study on Cyberbullying: Its Forms, Awareness and Moral Reasoning Among Youth

Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan; Ibiwani Alisa Hussain; Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey

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A Study on Cyberbullying: Its Forms, Awareness and Moral Reasoning Among Youth

Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan, Ibiwani Alisa Hussain, Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey

Published in International Journal of Information and Communication Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)

Received: 24 March 2017 Accepted: 14 April 2017 Published: 23 October 2017

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Abstract

This purpose of the study is to investigate forms, awareness and moral reasoning against cyberbullying among youth. The study used primary data which was obtained through self-administered survey questionnaire. A total of 120 questionnaires were distributed to three different universities to examine the behaviour of youth towards cyberbullying pattern. Descriptive, frequency and correlation analysis were carried out on the primary data gathered. Findings showed that the three independent variables have close relationship towards the activities of cyberbullying among youth.

Published in	International Journal of Information and Communication Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijics.20170205.11
Page(s)	54-58
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Awareness, Cyber Bullying, Forms, Moral Reasoning, Youth

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Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan

Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ibiwani Alisa Hussain

Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey

Faculty of Business and Management, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan; Ibiwani Alisa Hussain; Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey. A Study on Cyberbullying: Its Forms, Awareness and Moral Reasoning Among Youth. Int. J. Inf. Commun. Sci. 2017, 2(5), 54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijics.20170205.11

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Zsa Zsa Tajol Asanan, Ibiwani Alisa Hussain, Nooraneda Mutalip Laidey. A Study on Cyberbullying: Its Forms, Awareness and Moral Reasoning Among Youth. Int J Inf Commun Sci. 2017;2(5):54-58. doi: 10.11648/j.ijics.20170205.11

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