Draft 1:

Proposed Research Outline:

Title: Cyber Bullying: Effectivity of implementing laws in the
Philippines
I.

Introduction:

Statement of the Problem

Nowadays, Facebook was stated as one of the most
popular social networking sites in the Philippines. According
to the Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA) and the
Internet World statistics, there are over a billion Internet
users in the Asia Pacific region, which amounts to over 46%
of the total Internet users in the world. Identically, the
January 2015 Digital In the Philippines snapshot of We Are
Social shows that in the last four years, Internet access in
the Philippines has grown by 500% with over 44.2 million
users and 90% of them have active social media accounts.
Philippines was also categorized as the second highest
ranking in the Southeast Asia and the 6 th in the whole of
Asia.
Sadly, social media which is part of our everyday life
also becomes a centralized hub for cyber Bullying. According
to Reginald Gonzales ( Social Media as a Channel and its
Implications on Cyber Bullying. DLSU Research Congress
2014). With the continuous increasing number of netizens
today, cyber bullying is no longer an ordinary issue. It is now
raising concerns not only among internet users but as well as
the authorities and even ordinary people.

Legal issues on cyber-bullying are now addressed by

passing laws providing penalties to those people who are
found doing acts of harassment or cyber bullying. This is also
a way to alleviate the abuse of using the social media to
bully other internet users.
Thus, statistics are shockingly revealing that in 2014
the Anti-Cyber Crime Group of the Philippine National Police
reported an increase of 113% of Cybercrime rate involving
the internet and other crime that used the information
communication technology which, unfortunately, does not
include Cyber-Bullying.
Online issues and facts lead this research to dig further
on the effectivity of applicable laws related to cyber-bullying.
II.

Literature Review:

What is Cyber Bullying?

As stated by CAMARINES Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya,
Cyber bullying is one such problem that the advancement in
technology and social media has generated. It can
potentially affect not only school-aged children, but also any
individual who has access to a mobile phone or the Internet.
As technology has evolved, bullying has increased
through the use of modern technology. Chait (2006)
explained that unlike the traditional form of bullying where
the bullies attack their victims face to face, perpetrators of
cyber bullying have the capability to use all types of
communications technologies to attack others deliberately
and repetitively.

Cyber bullying can involve many different intimidation

tactics, and many are similar to those of traditional bullying.
Like traditional bullying, the most prevalent form of cyber
bullying is name-calling and insults.
Types of Cyber Bullying
As traditional Bullying exists with different forms of verbal
abuse and physical violence, there are also many types of
Cyber-Bullying. The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet
Use, a US based non-government organization, enumerated
in 2009 the types of Cyber-Bullying.
Flaming Online fight using electronic messages with
angry and vulgar language.
Harassment Repeatedly sending mean or insulting
messages.
Denigration Sending or posting gossip or rumors
about a person to damage his or her reputation or
friendships.

Impersonation Pretending to be someone else and

sending or posting material to get that person in
trouble or danger or to damage a reputation or
friendship.

As Cyber-Bullying progress in the Philippines, a law maker

proposed a bill aiming to define and penalize the crime of
Cyber-Bullying. Camarines Sur Representative Rolando
Andaya also include the type of Cyber-Bullying Under the
Bill of the Anti-Cyber Bullying Act of 5718 which includes:

 Repeated sending of offensive, rude and insulting

message, distributing and belittling information about
the victim;
Posting or sending of offensive photos of the victim,
whether digitally altered or not, or were taken with or
without consent, as long as it has intention to humiliate
and embarrass the victim;
Breaking into an e-mail, social networking or any
electronic account and using the victims virtual identity
to send, upload or distribute embarrassing materials to
or about others, sharing the victims personal or
embarrassing information and sharing it to others and
repeated sending of messages such as threats or harm
or engaging in online activities causing fear on victims
safety.

Traditional Bullying Vs. Cyber Bullying

Each day school children learn valuable skills and
lessons from their teachers as well as through interactions
with their peers. Although school, undoubtedly, is beneficial
to Filipino youths, there are some experiences, such as
bullying, that may negatively affect and stick with these
children for the rest of their lives.
According to GALE Studen Resources, Traditional
Bullying is any type of bullying that is carried out through a
non-electronic means which includes verbal, physical and
social abuse. All these three involve the harassment of a
victim by an aggressor whose intent is to inflict harm.

While Cyber Bullying

as mentioned was based in
modern technology that only need interpersonal interaction
between the bully and his victim through modern
communication technology.
The progression of bullying from traditional to Cyber
Bullying is often equated in the advancement of our society.
This anonymity makes it easier for the offender to strike
blows against a victim without having to see the victims
physical response. (Donegan 2012)
Nauances
Bullying

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Electronic

Communication

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Cyber

Victims of Cyber Bullying

A recent concern of Cyber Bullying was also raised by
Environmentalist and Human Rights defender Ayeen
Karunungan who was prompted to file a case after she
receive threats on social media because of her statements
condemning the position of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on the
use of coal as well as on allegations of human rights abuses
against him.

Laws applicable to cyber bullying

What to do when being (Cyber) Bullied

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study is to determine how past and
current laws effectively dealt with cyber bullying in the
Philippines. This study will also investigate how an issue
about cyber-bullying was handled by the government and to
identify if changes are still needed on the current laws that
we have. In addition, this study will also explore possible
solutions to address the increasing cyber bullying rate in the
Philippines.
How do you plan to deal with the problem? What is
your solution
a. Methods:
b. Discussion
c. Conclusion