Pioneer: Journal of Language and Literature
Vol 9 No 2 (2017)

Bullying Portrayed in Mean Girls Movie

Nun Ayu Waya Sirly (University of Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo)
Nine Febrie Novitasari (University of Abdurachman Saleh Situbondo)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Dec 2017

Abstract

Bullying is such a key problem in our schools and society because it impacts a large number of students of all races, genders, and socioeconomic statuses. Here the researcher identified types of bullying and described impacts of bullying in Mean Girls Movie. The data were in the form of utterances and actions implicated bullying in Mean Girls Movie. The steps to analyze the data were: identifying and classifying data based on the types of bullying used by The National Centre Againts Bullying (2010) and psychoanalysis from Freud (1973) in Storey (2009:91), describing impacts of bullying using theory of Righby (2003) in Darmawan (2010:23), and making conclusion based on the types and impacts of bullying in the Mean Girls Movie. The findings of the analysis reveal that there were twelve data which covered: four verbal bullying, one physical bullying, two psychological bullying, and five social bullying. Meanwhile, for the impacts of bullyings to the characters who get bullied, the researcher found low psychological well-being, poor social adjustment, and no response to the bullyings. The researcher expects the next researchers to do the analysis on bullying with other object of research and different relevant theories.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pioneer

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Pioneer is a journal of language and literature which provides academics and practitioners with the opportunities to put out their ideas, theoretical applications, data analyses, discourses, and literary criticisms. This journal is managed by Faculty of Letters, University of Abdurachman Saleh ...