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Bullying Depicted in Cyberbully Movie  
 

Fitriah Nur Kamilah 
Universitas Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo 

finkakamilah99@gmail.com 
 

 

Firqo Amelia 

Universitas Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo 
firqo_amelia@unars.ac.id 

 
Dwi Taurina Mila Wardhani 

Universitas Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo 
Dwi_taurina@unars.ac.id 

 
 

 
Abstract 
From this research, the researcher identified types of bullying and impacts of 

bullying in Cyberbully movie. The design of this study is qualitative. The method is 

used to describe and analyze bullying in movie Cyberbully. The data collection was 

done by watching Cyberbully movie, screen capturing the scenes, and writing down 

the utterances indicating both the types and impact of bullying. The data analysis 
was done by classifying the types of bullying in Cyberbully movie by using the 

theory National Centre against Bullying (2010), finding the impact of bullying in 

Cyberbully movie by using the theory of Rigby (2003). The finding of the research 

found  that  there  were  twenty  data  for  three  types  of  bullying  on  the  main 
character in movie Cyberbullying: Verbal bullying, Social bullying ,and 

Cyberbullying. Here the researchers also managed to find twenty-four on data for 

the impact of bullying which consists of three types, namely: Low psychological 

well-being, Poor social adjustment, and Psychological distress. 

 
Keywords: Bullying, Impact of Bullying, Movie Cyberbully. 

 
 

INTRODUCTION 
At present, film is not only a means of entertainment but film is also one of 

the media used to convey moral values to encourage social change. As a mass 

media, films are also used as a medium to describe issues that occur in society. 

Stories in films usually depart from phenomena that occur around us because 

currently films play a role in the formation of mass culture. Among the issues that 
arise in society, especially at school, bullying is one of the issues that has received 

attention from the public. 

Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in 

relationships through repeated verbal, physical, and/or social behavior that 

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intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. It can involve an 

individual or a group misusing their power, or perceived power, over one or more 

persons who feel unable to stop it from happening (National Centre against 

Bullying, n.d.). 

Cyberbully (2011) is a television film that tells the story of bullying 

faced by a 17 year old student, named Taylor Hillridge who gets a personal 

laptop for her birthday and given the freedom to access the internet and have 

social media accounts without being monitored by her mother and younger 

brother envy it. Taylor, the main character, is bullied by some of her school friends, 

especially Lindsay Fordyce, and she tries to commit suicide. 
The  analysis  of  bullying  has  been  a  research  topic  for  a  long  time. 

Researcher found several previous studies that had same subjects but different 

theories or same theories but films that were the object of research were different. 

The first research by Ningrum (2020) article is entitled “The Impacts of Bullying to 
the main character in the Movie Carrie: A Literary Psychological Analysis”. Her 

research aims to identify the types of bullying and describes the impact of bullying 
on the Main Character   in Carrie’s   film. She uses Ken Righby’s theory which 

describes the impact of bullying and identifies or classifies data based on the 

types of bullying by The National Centre against Bullying (2019). 
The second research done by Sirly (2017), her article is entitled “Bullying 

Portrayed in Mean Girls Movie: A Psychoanalysis”. The analysis focused on 

identified types of bullying and described the impacts of bullying in Mean Girls 

Movie. Identifying and classifying data based on the types of bullying used by 

The National Centre against Bullying (2010) and psychoanalysis from Freud 

(1973) and describing impacts of bullying using theory of Righby (2003). 
The  last  research  belongs  to  Hia  (2019),  whose  research  is  entitled 

“Portrayal of Cyberbullying in  the Movie Cyberbully”. The analysis focused 

on identified types of cyberbullying and described the effect of cyberbullying in 
Cyberbully. The analysis was used by explaining cyberbullying theory by Willard 

(2007) and to describe the effects of cyberbullying, the researcher used theory by 

Rayes (2019). 

From this Cyberbully film, researchers found research problems, namely: 
what are the types of bullying faced by the main character in the movie 

Cyberbully? and what are the impacts of bullying faced by the main character in 

the movie Cyberbully? then, the purpose of the research are to classify the types 
of bullying faced by the main character in the movie Cyberbully and to describe 

the impacts of bullying faced by the main character in the movie Cyberbully. 

REVIEW OF LITERATURE 

Psychoanalysis 
According  to  Saul  Mcleod  (2019),  Psychoanalysis  is  defined  as  a  set 

of psychological theories and therapeutic methods which have their origin in the 

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work and theories of Sigmund Freud. Jarvis (2011) states that psychoanalysis is a 

theory that focuses on the dynamic relationship, between the body, mind and 

social order. Psychoanalytic criticism is one of the literary criticism that is 

concerned to human beings behavior. The theory of psychoanalysis can be used 

for  all  imaginary  human  creations  including  literary  works,  such  as  novels, 

movies, or plays.  Likewise, literary scholars who are interested in Freud's thought 

cultivate this science in a literary context. 

 
Bullying 

 

According to Ken Rigby (1996:1), Bullying begins with a desire to hurt 

someone. Indeed bullying has sometimes been defined, though not in our view 

quite adequately, as the desire to hurt. This desire arises not unnaturally when we 

do not like someone. This act of bullying creates fear, pessimism, depression, and 

even suicidal actions. Bullying itself can be caused by some reasons such as 

superiority, hate, differences, and contradiction with the others, and it has two 

basic forms which are physical and non-physical bullying (Rigby, 2007:20). 
 

Type of Bullying 
 

Based on the National Centre against Bullying (2021), below are the 

different types of bullying that can occur: 

1. Physical bullying 
Physical abuse includes hitting, kicking, tripping, pinching, and pushing or 

destroying property. Physical violence causes short-term and long-term damage. 

(National Centre against Bullying, n.d.) 

2. Verbal bullying 
Verbal abuse includes calling, humiliation, temptation, intimidation, homophobic 

or racist comments, or verbal abuse. While verbal bullying can start harmless, it 

can rise to levels that start affecting individual targets. 

(National Centre against Bullying, n.d.) 

3. Social bullying 

Social oppression, sometimes referred to as hidden intimidation, is often more 
difficult to recognize and can be done behind the backs of people being bullied. It 

is designed to damage a person's social reputation and/or cause humiliation. 

Social oppression includes: 

a)        Lying and spreading rumors 

b)       Negative facial or physical gestures, menacing or contemptuous   looks 

c)        Playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate 
d)       Mimicking unkindly 

e)        Encouraging others to social exclude someone  

f)        Damaging someone’s social reputation or social acceptance 

(National Centre against Bullying, n.d.) 
 

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4. Cyberbullying 

Cyberbullying can be overtly using digital technology, including hardware such as 

computers   and   smartphones,   and   software   such   as   social   media,   instant 

messaging, text, websites, and other online platforms. Cyberbullying can occur at 
any time. It can be done publicly or privately and sometimes only known by the 

target and the person doing the bullying. 

Cyberbullying may include: 

a)        Abusive or hurtful texts, emails or posts, images or videos 
b)       Deliberately excluding others online 

c)        Nasty gossip or rumors 
d)       Imitating others online or using their log-in 

(National Centre against Bullying, n.d.) 
 

 

Impact of Bullying 
 

According to Rigby (2003), where bullying is highly aggressive and 

conspicuously damaging to others as in the case of physical assault, one would 

expect legal consequences. Here are the four categories of negative, damaging, 

health conditions that can be identified as the impacts of bullying: 

1. Low psychological well-being. These impacts include states of mind generally 

considered unpleasant but not acutely distressing, for example, general 
unhappiness, low self-esteem, and feelings of anger and sadness. 

(Rigby, 2003:584) 

2. Poor social adjustment. This impact normally includes feelings of aversion 

toward one’s social environment, evident through expressed dislike for school or 

workplace, manifest loneliness, isolation, and absenteeism. (Rigby, 2003:584) 

3. Psychological distress. This is considered more serious than the first two 

categories. This state includes high levels of anxiety, depression, and suicidal 

thought. (Rigby, 2003:584) 

4. Physical unwellness. There are clear signs of physical disorder evident in 
medically diagnosed illness. (Rigby, 2003:584) 

 

Synopsis 
The   researcher   resumes   the   synopsis   of   Cyberbully   (2011)   a teen 

drama television film that premiered on ABC Family on July 17, 2011. In the early 

scenes  Cyberbully  (2011)  On  her  17th  birthday,  Taylor  got  a  laptop  from  her 

mother. Taylor was happy with the freedom to access the internet without her 

mother  always  watching  her  on  the  other  hand  her  brother  was  jealous  and 

wanted to borrow Taylor's laptop. Taylor became a victim of cyberbullying when 
she became a member of a social media site called Cliquesters. Things started to go 

wrong when Eric hacked into her account and wrote "I'm a bad girl, someone has 

to hit me" on her profile. Her classmate named Lindsay and his gang who always 
bully Taylor, and finally also make Taylor's friend named Cheyenne stay away 

from her because he feels hurt because she is by Taylor's side. On the other hand, 

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Taylor's closest friend, Samantha, cyberbullied Taylor by creating a Cliquestres 

account and pretending to be a man who approached Taylor. 
 

 
METHOD 

 
The researcher uses qualitative as the research method. The data contained 

in it is in the form of descriptive and not in the form of numbers as is the case in 

quantitative research. According to John W. Creswell (2014: 23), Qualitative 
approaches to data collection, analysis, interpretation, and report writing differ 

fromthe traditional, quantitative approaches. Purposeful sampling, collection of 

open-ended data, analysis of text or pictures, representation of information in 
figures and tables, and personal interpretation of the findings all inform 

qualitative methods. 

To support the method, the researcher uses the theory of bullying by The 
National Center against Bullying (2010) to identify the type of bully. The 

researcher also employs the theory of bullying by Ken Rigby (2003) to define the 
impact of bullying on Taylor in Cyberbully. 

To analyze the film, the researcher uses a contextual method which 

includes the analysis of intrinsic and extrinsic elements as the literary work 

analyzed. This paper reflects the reality of the real world (Beard, 2001:2). The 

analysis of the intrinsic elements in this paper focuses on the characters and 

conflicts while the analysis of the extrinsic elements focuses on the types, impacts, 

and resolutions of bullying. 

The steps below are to answer the data collection in research problem 
about Bully and the impact on Cyberbully movie:  Watching and understanding 

Cyberbully, identifying the data related to the problem of this study, screen 

capturing for the scenes, and writing down the utterances, gestures, and pictures 
that imply kinds of the bully and the impact of the bully in Cyberbully. 

There are s o m e  ways to analyze the data. The steps of the analysis 

are: describing the types of bullying in Cyberbully using theory The National 

Center against Bullying (2010), describing the impact of bullying in Cyberbully 

using theory bullying by Ken Rigby (2003), and concluding the result of the data 

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FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 
Findings 

 

 

This  section  describes  the  findings  of  the  research  relate  to  types  of 

bullying  and  effects  of  bullying. For analyzing the types of bullying, The 

National Center against Bullying theory (2010) was used and for analyzing the 

effects of bullying, the researcher used Rigby theory (2003). The researcher found 

twenty data in this study of the four types of bullying according to the National 

Center against Bullying, three types of bullying have been found in this film, 

namely verbal bullying, social bullying, and cyberbullying. On the other hand, 

there are three effects of bullying that have been found from this film, including 

Low   psychological   well-being,   Poor   social   adjustment,   and   Psychological 

distress. 
Table 1. Research Findings 

No. Types Frequency Effect of Bullying 

Low 
psychological 

well-being 

Poor social 
adjustment 

Psychological 
distress 

Physical 
unwellness 

1. Physical 
bullying 

- - - - - 

2. Verbal bullying 2 2 - - - 
3. Social bullying 7 7 2 - - 
4. Cyberbullying 11 7 4 2 - 

 
Datum 1 

 

Minute: 00:02:39 – 00:02:43 
 

“My brother wears shoes like that, he is ten” 
 

Lindsay mocked Taylor for wearing red shoes, Lindsay said that the red shoes 

were the same as those of her ten year old brother, Lindsay said that out loud and 

laughed with her squad as Taylor passed the side of Lindsay's car. This is included 

in the type of Verbal bullying. It happened when someone humiliation and 
temptation to someone else. From this case Taylor feel sad. Meanwhile, feelings of 

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Datum 2 
 

Minute: 00:08:14 – 00:08:47 
 

 
 

Figure 1. Lindsay’s comment at Taylor’s Cliquestres 

 
Taylor posted a photo of her with Samantha on her social media account, 

namely Cliquesters, then Samantha who saw Lindsay's comments on the photo 

immediately told Taylor over the phone. When Taylor saw Lindsay's comment, 

she said to Samantha that it wasn't very good and Taylor's face looked sad. The 

sentence from the comments that Lindsay uploaded was "LARDO AND DOG 

FACE". Hate speech or ridicule that was made on this social network was 

Cyberbullying. Lindsay did cyberbullying to Taylor by hurtful comment in social 

media. The impact of this cyberbullying is Low psychological well-being because 

Taylor felt sad about that comment. 
 

Datum 5 
 

Minute: 00:19:09 – 00:20:02 
 

Lindsay                          : “Damn, hei – oh, actually come to school today.” 

Lindsay’s friend           : “I owe you five bucks.” 

Samantha                       : “What’s your problems?” 
Lindsay                          : “I don’t have a problem, you do. 

Little miss I’d never go all the way.” 
Lindsay’s friend           : “Such a hypocrite.” 

Lindsay                          : “How many guys you hook up with this weekend 10, 20.” 

Lindsay’s friend           : “You should have a drive-thru.” 

 
Lindsay and her friends again mocked Taylor who still came to school, not 

only there, Lindsay also mocked as if Taylor had slept with many boys. Taylor did 

not go against the words of Lindsay and her friend, Samantha was the one who 

asked what Lindsay had a problem with. In this situation Taylor could only stay 

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incident that Eric made on her account. Lindsay also spreading bad rumors about 
Taylor. 

From the conversations of Lindsay and friends, it can be ascertained that 
Taylor got Social Bullying because the characteristics of social bullying are spreading 

negative rumors, damaging reputation, insulting, isolating, and damaging someone's 

relationship. The negative rumors that Lindsay created could damage Taylor's 

reputation and make Taylor's relationship with those around her worse. The impact 

from this situation is Low psychological well-being, because Taylor feel sad. 
 

Datum 9 
 

Minute: 00:25:51 – 00:27:20 
 

Helen Poltent    : “No big Surprise, she nasty” 

Jim Hunter        : “Can smell clap on her” 

Lindsay Fordyce: “Bet you big money has herpes too” 
 

 

Taylor got blasphemed again. After seeing what James done, Taylor saw of 

her Cliquestres friend's hurtful comments on her page. One of her comments came  

from  Lindsay.  Taylor  couldn't  hold  back  her  tears  when  he  saw  that comment, 

she threw her laptop then ran out of the house and was alone, all the bad words 

were spinning again and ringing her, she frustrated about all bad comments. Taylor's 

current crime is Cyberbullying which makes her cried and lonely (isolation). The 

impacts faces by Taylor is included in Poor social adjustment because of the isolation 

and manifest loneliness that Taylor feels is a feature of Poor Social Adjustment and the 

other is Low psychological well-being because Taylor felt sad until she cried. 
 

Datum 10 

Minute: 00:28:59 – 00:29:12 

Lindsay : “Damn, Should’ve brought the disinfectant. Don’t wanna use these sinks 

after the skank patrol, hahaha” 
Lindsay played nasty jokes, when Taylor and her close friends Cheyenne 

and Samantha chatted while fixed their makeup in front of the sink, Lindsay who came 

with some of her friends started played nasty jokes in front of Taylor and her friends 

by saying "Damn, Should've brought the disinfectant. Don't wanna use these sinks 

after the skank patrol, hahaha”. 
This type is Social bullying because Lindsay humiliated Taylor and her 

friends using nasty jokes. Taylor who came out of the toilet with a sad face indicated 

that the impact of  the  bullying experienced was  Low  psychological well-being 

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Datum 12 

 

Minute: 00:29:44 – 00:30:54 

Taylor   :“Look I know that a lot of people are saying stuff about me online, they 

stuff that’s totally not true, and I guess I just wanna make a to – do well it 

kind of is uhmm, its really gross stuff and we’re gonna have it slept 

anybody or anything and…” 
Scott      : “I’ll see in history” 

 

 

Scott also stayed away from Taylor. Not long ago after Cheyenne left 

Taylor in the corridor, Scott, Taylor's favourite person, passed by and she tried to 

say hello and explain what had happened but Scott answered it nonchalantly by 

saying "I’ll see in history" and left Taylor too, at this moment Taylor looked very 

sad, then cried and locked herself in the locker room because she was shunned by 
the people closest to her. In this data Taylor again experienced Social bullying, 

where bullying is characterized by exclusion from people around or a group. The 

impact of bullying this time that Taylor got was Poor social adjustment and Low 

psychological  well-being because Taylor locked herself and she felt sad until 

cried in the locker room and did not attend class. 
 

Datum 13 
 

Minute: 00:32:33 – 00:35:51 
 

 
 

Figure 2. Bad Comments about Taylor 
 

 

After seeing those bad comments, Taylor said to her mother, Taylor: "oh i 

am so popular now, this ones from Lindsay love, this is my favourite, if she says 

a James told her I’ve take off my clothes up for five bucks" When Taylor gave an 

explanation via writing on her Cliquestres page, about the rumors saying that 

sleeping with James was not true, Taylor actually got some bad comments from 

her friends, her friends who knew that Taylor had missed class and locked 

herself in the locker room instead mocked her through comments on Taylor's 

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what happened to Taylor's Cliquestres account, then Taylor showed her 
account she burst into tears she was felt sad then starts crying again and closes her 

laptop.  

This  act  is  Cyberbullying  because  many  hurtful  words  and  also  many  nasty 

gossip or rumors which made by Lindsay in social media caused Taylor to cry and 

decide not to go to school the next day. Therefore, the impact experienced by Taylor is 

Poor social adjustment and Low psychological well-being because she felt sad and 

starts not going to school and locked herself at home. 
Datum 14 
Minute: 00:37:17 – 00:38:38 

Taylor                 : "Now they're saying I miss school because i am pregnant and I’m 

some kind of prostitute" 
Samantha            : "Nobody believes that stuff" 

 

 
Figure 3. Bad Comments about Taylor 

 

 

Lindsay was gossiped and spreaded rumors on the Cliquestres account. 

Taylor, who promised her mother that she would not open a Cliquestres account 

through her laptop, instead borrowed Samantha's account and laptop to see her 

account, when she opened her account page she saw Lindsay's and her friend's 

comments which  started  spread  rumors again,  Taylor  looked  sad  and  said  to 

Samantha while saw that comments "Now they're saying I miss school because I am 

pregnant and I’m some kind of prostitute", Samantha tried to comfort her with 

"nobody believes that stuff", but Taylor denied it again because one of her closest 

friends avoided her because she believed in it. Taylor was also angry because she was 

worried the gossip would lead Scott to believe she was pregnant 

This section was included in the type of Cyberbullying. It happens when 
someone creates bad gossip or rumors through their social media to bully or 

embarrass their target. In this case, Lindsay spread rumors that indirectly said that 

Taylor was not in because she was pregnant, and from this situation Taylor 

experienced sadness as well as anger. Meanwhile, feeling of sadness and anger is the 

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Datum 17 
 

Minute: 00:42:11 – 00:43:40 

 

              
 

Figure 4. Lindsay uploaded Nasty jokes videos 

 

This data is a joke video uploaded by Lindsay on her Cliquestres account 

with the caption "Taylor Hillridge works her corner!!”. The content of the video 

tells of Taylor with a pregnant body seducing a man to sleep with her for a cheap 

price. Taylor, who couldn't stand watching the video, couldn't help but cry. This is 

a Cyberbullying because Lindsay uploaded a joke video on her Cliquestres 

account with the aim of humiliating or bullying Taylor. Taylor felt sad and very 

anxiety. Meanwhile feeling anxiety is the criteria of Psychological distress. 
 

Datum 18 
 

Minute: 00:44:10 – 00:48:30 
 

“I'm the real Taylor Hillridge, and I told you everybody hate me so much, but 

maybe i do because now I hate me too, here we go, I really don't see the reason for 

trying, for talking, and for breathing, just done.  So that it’s i guess, bye”. 

                            
 

Figure 5. Taylor took much medicine 
 

Taylor who felt herself hated and shunned by her friends decided to make 

a video that she is the real Taylor Hillridge on her account, she said that it was all 

over. After uploading the video Taylor took medicine and hiding in the bathroom 

to commit suicide. From Taylor's actions, it can be said that she got Cyberbullying 

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her social media accounts and the impact that Taylor experienced was 

Psychological distress that led to depression and attempted suicide. 
 
Datum 19 
Minute: 01:05:52 – 01:07:11 

 

 
 

Figure 6. Samantha admitted her mistake 
 

 

Samantha admitted the bad thing she did to Taylor that she was the one 

who created James's account, talk to Taylor, pretended to be James, and also told 

everyone that Taylor gave him STD. Taylor who heard that was sad and shut 

herself in her room. Samantha's actions were Cyberbullying because she created 

an account named James and helped spread rumors using her Cliquestres account. 

On the other hand, Taylor's Impact is Poor social adjustment because she showed 

solitude and locked herself in her room. 

 
Datum 20 
Minute: 01:22:17 – 01:23:40 

 

 

Lindsay                          : “Look it’s the psycho twins” 
 

Samantha                       : “Just ignore her” 
 

Taylor                             : “No, I’m not ignore her anymore. Hey Lindsay, you know 
you   think probably being funny but you should know 

your word really hurt and I think you should stop 

attacking people online” 
Lindsay’s friend           : “Weww, get her lands” 

 

Samantha                       : “No, she is right, you guys should stop, you’re making 
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Figure 7. Lindsay still mocking Taylor 
 

 

Lindsay mocked Taylor and Samantha in the cafeteria. Taylor who 

returned to school accidentally met Samantha and asked her to sit together in the 

cafeteria, but when she was looked for a seat, Lindsay and her friends again said 

ugly nicknames, she also made fun of Samantha knowing that she is pretend to be 
James, so that Lindsay said "Look it's the psycho twins". Taylor was angry and 

could not stand Lindsay's taunts towards her and immediately turned to Lindsay's 

place and advised Lindsay to stop saying obscenities, hurtful word and stop 

attacking people in Cliquestres. 

Lindsay's actions this time were one of the hallmarks of Verbal bullying, 
as she bullied Taylor with a calling "psycho twins". From the bullying, the impact 

on Taylor is anger, while feeling of anger is part of Low psychological well-being. 

 
 
DISCUSSION 

 

Bullying is defined as a distinct type of proactive aggression characterized 

by a power imbalance between the perpetrator and victim that typically involves 

repetition (Olweus, 1999; Solberg & Olweus, 2003) From time to time, cases of 

bullying in the world are increasing and this case is always in the spotlight in 

society. 
Based  on  the  results  of  data  analysis,  researcher  found  three  types  of 

bullying and three effects of bullying. Researcher found the dominant type of 

bullying  is cyberbullying.  Cyberbullying  includes  sending,  posting,  or  sharing 

negative,  harmful,  false,  or  mean  content  about  someone  else.  It  can  include 

sharing personal or private information about someone else causing 

embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful 
or  criminal  behaviour  (stopbullying.gov,  n.d).  In  this  case,  a  friend  of  Taylor 

named Lindsay who often bullies’ often posts malicious comments on her 

Cliquestres account, and also Lindsay makes a very nasty joke video. 
From the results of the current study, it was found that the most dominant 

type of bullying was cyberbullying. The amount of bullying experienced by Taylor 

made her angry, sad, frustrated, shut herself up and also attempted suicide. From 

the results of previous studies and current research, we can know that 

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findings  of  previous  studies  is  in  the  results  of  the  most  dominant  bullying, 

namely: verbal bullying, social bullying, and also cyberstalking. 

 

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS 

 

Conclusion 

Based on the research findings, the researcher concluded from the film 
Cyberbully (2011) that people who constantly intimidate can obtain any means to 

intimidate the target, and that the perpetrator does not feel guilty because he does 

bullying too frequently and considers it as jokes or just a normal thing. Another 

thing that the researcher might concluded is that it is very important to use social 

media wisely and carefully so as not to invite negative things like Cyberbullying 

that Taylor Hillridge obtained. Researcher found three types of bullying, and the 

most common type of bullying found was cyberbullying because this type can be 
easily done by anyone. The impact is also very negative because it can harm the 

victim's mentality, similarly, this research discovered that the dangerous impact 

that Taylor received was psychological distress (suicide attempt). Belongs  to  
Mbah, Remy Mbah (2020; 48), Teachers presented their perceptions on bullying 

and its effects. From the response found,teachers reported that bullying reduces 

academic performance and cause other students to dropout of or change the 
school. Also, they share similar responses that bullying can result in student’s 

death and other use as a mechanism of survival. As a result, the film's goal is to 

convey to the audience that bullying has numerous negative consequences, and 
that we, as viewers, must do everything we can to prevent bullying from 

occurring. 
 

Suggestions 
 

The researcher realized that this research has to be continued by other 
academics after analyzing bullying in Cyberbully (2011). There are still numerous 

flaws in this study. As a result, the researcher suggests that the next researcher 

use a psychoanalytic approach to analyze bully in greater depth. Furthermore, 

while physical bullying was not found in this study, the researcher proposes that 

future research focus on psychological bullying and physical bullying on other 

things. Another suggestion from the researcher is to use social media wisely so 

that bad things don't happen, one example is Cyberbullying, and also don't 

ignore when there is bullying around us, prevent it as much as possible by 

reporting to parties who are able to mediate or solve it. Finally, the researcher 

hopes that this research might offer readers with enough insight and enthusiasm 

to pursue this research forward. 
 

 

 



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