Background Information

• Description of the research project

  • • This project teaches people how to be cautious on their devices and the internet and how to keep your device secured against malware. This project also explores how cyberbullying can affect teens across the globe. It looks at how online harassment negatively impacts their self‑esteem, friendships, school life, and mental health.

• What are the goals of the project?

  • •  Raise awareness about the emotional, mental, social, and academic effects of cyberbullying and to show why it should not be ignored. It also aims to provide helpful solutions that students, families, and schools can use to prevent and respond to cyberbullying in supportive ways. 

• What are the research questions? 

  • • Define threats, malware, virus, and AI and explain how AI detecting or preventing malwares benefits us? 

    • What emotions do victims of cyberbullying commonly experience? 

    • What are the long-term effects of cyberbullying in a person’s mental state?

    • In what ways does cyberbullying affect a person’s relationship with other people?

    • How does being cyberbullied affect students’ performance and behavior in school?

• What are the hypotheses?

  • • One hypothesis is that cyberbullying has significant negative impacts on a victim’s emotional, mental, social, and academic well-being. Another hypothesis is that strong support from families, peers, and schools can reduce these harmful effects and help victims recover more effectively. 

• Overall project/research methods and procedures

  • • The overall methods and procedures of this research include gathering information through research from credible sources such as articles, studies, and surveys, organizing the findings into a research paper that explains the effects of cyberbullying and ways to prevent cyber threats, and finally creating a presentation to share the key points, solutions, and recommendations with an audience in a clear and engaging way. 

• STEM Careers/job that are involved in the program

  • • The STEM careers/jobs that are involved in the program are data analyst, psychologist, IT specialist or cybersecurity expert, educator or educational researcher, sociologist, and software developer

• Knowledge and skills were necessary to carry out tasks

  • • To carry out these tasks, it was necessary to have research skills, such as finding reliable sources and analyzing information. Writing skills were also important for organizing ideas clearly in the research paper, while communication and presentation skills were needed to effectively share the findings and recommendations with others.