Identifikasi Kejadian Cyberbullying: Flaming pada Remaja di Sman 3 Rantau Utara Kelas XI Kecamatan Rantau Utara Kabupaten Labuhanbatu

Abstract

Cyberbullying Flaming can occur in everyone, especially in adolescents through social media such as Chat Room and Game Online. The objective of this research s to identify the incidence of Cyberbullying Flaming in Grade XI students of SMAN 3 Rantau Utara. The research employs descriptive quantitative method. The samples are 70 respondents, taken by using stratified random sampling technique. The result of the research shows that 34.4% of the respondents undergo Cyberbullying Flaming. It is happened because of the intensity of using social media, the factor of age, and cognitive change. The most dominant type of Cyberbullying Flaming is sending messages containing dirty words by sms/Messanger/social network continuously because of feeling bad. It is recommended that the school management improve its regulation on using Smartphone.