Paper Title
Harnessing Tik Tok Media for Cyberbullying Prevention among Junior High School Students

Abstract
Cyberbullying is one of the crimes based on the advancement of information technology, often perpetrated through social media with the intention of deliberately and repeatedly hurting someone. Cyberbullying is a problem contributing to the increasing incidence of mental disorders among teenagers today, thus requiring specific intervention. This research aims to assess the utilization of TikTok media in preventing cyberbullying among junior high school students. The study employed a pre-experimental design with the one-group pre-test post-test design. The population consisted of all students of junior high school 21 Makassar totaling 671 individuals, with a sample size of 182 respondents selected using purposive sampling technique. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon Sign Rank Test. The results showed that there was an influence of utilizing TikTok media in preventing cyberbullying among junior high school students in Makassar (p = 0.000). The utilization of TikTok media is expected to encourage the participation of junior high school students in campaigning for efforts to prevent cyberbullying. Keywords - Cyberbullying, Junior High School Students, TikTok Media