Perception of Filipino college students on cyberstalking

• Main Authors: Pongase, Maria Justine, Tan, Nathalie O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2013
• Subjects: Cyberstalking > Philippines; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5474
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study focuses on Cyberstalking as a growing social phenomenon and takes on the perspective of Filipino college students in private universities in Manila. It aims to qualify cyberstalking as a phenomenon through various mediums in social media (i.e. social networking sites, TV shows, films) without using their personal experiences as a reference. The study used the Social Construction Theory to analyze and investigate findings of research. Participants were all college students studying in their respective universities for at least a year up to their final year and revealed different perspectives on cyberstalking and grounds on how to distinguish cyberstalking acts. Results showed that Filipino college students accept certain acts and forms of cyberstalking to be normal and acceptable, however, there are some extent wherein they expressed their fear and worry and it is when the cyberstalking comes across as an act that gears towards obsessive and harmful acts. Results also showed the role of media in influencing the notions of these Filipino college students regarding cyberstalking as a phenomenon. The discussion focused on the different probable explanations for their insights as reflections of their society and implications of cyberstalking to an individual.