CYBERBULLYING Cyberbullying is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature. People that is prone on being cyberbullied Anyone can experience cyber bullying no matter what their gender is or no matter who they are. Where and When? Cyberbullying can happen anytime and anywhere even in the social media and video conferencing platforms that we usually use. 4 Factors of cyberbullying The above literature review and analysis categorizes the influencing factors of cyberbullying into four levels. 1st level Personal level: including gender, age, personality traits, well-being, empathy, length or frequency of Internet uses, social behavior type, and digital citizenship. 2nd level Family level: including relationship between family members, parental support, family socioeconomic status, and parental supervision. 3rd level School level, including school type and teaching quality, school management, teacher-student relationship, school climate and environment, school culture, school safety and supervision, and education and training on mental health and Internet security. 4th level Social and environmental level, including national education system, cultural norms, community influence (herd mentality), cultural differences, interpersonal (peer) relationship, work pressure, and Internet characteristics. Effects of cyber bullying to an individual. the effect of cyberbullying can be most detrimental to the victim, of course, as they may experience a number of emotional issues such as low selfesteem that affect their social and academic performance as well as their overall mental health. Cyberbullying effects on a student academic performance. cyberbullying may limit students' academic Performance and cause higher absenteeism rates. While there is no foolproof way to prevent your child from ever being cyberbullied, there are things you can do together to reduce the likelihood they will be targeted. This includes implementing safety measures as well as having ongoing conversations about cyberbullying. You need to discuss what cyberbullying is, the risks associated with experiencing it, and how it can escalate. It's also important to talk to your tweens and teens about how to use social media safely and responsibly and what they should do if they are bullied online. 8 Strategies on how to not be targeted by a cyberbully. Protect Accounts and Devices Use Privacy Tools and Settings Keep Personal Stuff Private Manage Location Sharing Think Before Posting Conduct a Social Media Audit Log Out When Using Public Devices Refuse to Respond to Cyberbullies Report Cyberbullies References https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.6214 18/full#:~:text=The%20above%20literature%20review%20an d,(2)%20Family%20level%2C%20including https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s1 2888-023-045420#:~:text=Adolescents'%20emotional%20responses%20to% 20cyberbullying,higher%20absenteeism%20rates%20%5B2 2%5D. https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-preventcyberbullying-5113808