ANALYSIS OF USAGE OF SMARTPHONE ON CYBERBULLYING BEHAVIOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

Background: In everyday life bullying is considered as normal delinquency in childhood. Bullying that occurs between students in schools is a phenomenon that is commonly found. However, this has only become the spotlight after there are victims who are psychologically or physically disturbed.

Purpose: the purpose of this paper is (1) to describe the forms of cyberbullying that occur in elementary school children (2) describe the responses of elementary school children regarding cyberbullying behavior.

Methodology: the medthod used in this paper is a qualitative description with a phenomenological writing design. The technique used in this writing is observation, interview, and documentation. Data analysis through data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The technique of checking the validity of the data uses technical triangulation and source triangulation. 

Results: the result of this writing show that (1) the form of cyberbullying done by elementary school children informants is flaming, harassment, denigration, trickery,