Analyzing Cyberbullying with Dark Triad Theory and Zen’s Communication Psychology Perspective

Abstract

The phenomenon of cyberbullying is multidimensional, contextual, and even cultural. Therefore, the perspective of communication psychology asked to discuss cyberbullying from various perspectives, including the Eastern mindset. This paper aims to describe the mechanism of cyberbullying by dialoguing the perspective of the Dark Triad Personality theory as a Western view with the Zen tradition in Eastern philosophy to see human personality.