BULLYING EXPERIENCE OF INDONESIAN STUDENTS (A PHOTOVOICE STUDY ABOUT CHILDREN-FRIENDLY SCHOOL)
The Children-Friendly School Policy is set by the Indonesian government to accelerate the protection and fulfillment of children's rights. One of this policy efforts is the elimination of bullying in schools. However, the implementation of this policy is considered ineffective because bullying behavior is still found in relations between students at school. This program also does not directly reduce bullying because the current bullying movement is quieter and harder to detect by the school. This study aims to understand the experiences of students who lived in relationships with bullying at school. Seven high school seniors participated in the interview and photo voice sessions through their drawings about bullying. The students' drawing results about bullying were then analyzed using the significance of Barthes' semiotics. The study results concluded that the denotations, connotations, and myths found in students' drawing about bullying contained (1) ugly, geeky, and weird students deserved to be bullied, (2) two worlds of victims of bullying, and (3) seniority as a myth in school. Policymakers are expected to consider students' perspectives to promote anti-bullying program in the digital era through massive socialization, action research movements, and prevention efforts through various school programs to create children-friendly schools.
Bullying; Children-Friendly School; Photo Voice