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Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices

Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices

Soonhwa Seok, Boaventura DaCosta
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 5 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1947-3494|EISSN: 1947-3508|EISBN13: 9781466653580|DOI: 10.4018/ijdldc.2014100104
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Seok, Soonhwa, and Boaventura DaCosta. "Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices." IJDLDC vol.5, no.4 2014: pp.47-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijdldc.2014100104

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Seok, S. & DaCosta, B. (2014). Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices. International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC), 5(4), 47-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijdldc.2014100104

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Seok, Soonhwa, and Boaventura DaCosta. "Mitigating Online Threats While Promoting Scholarship Through Awareness-Raising Interventions: A Study of Young People's Technology Use, Risky Online Behavior, and Literacy of Cyber Awareness Practices," International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence (IJDLDC) 5, no.4: 47-61. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijdldc.2014100104

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Abstract

Enthusiasm about the educational benefits offered by the World Wide Web has been tempered in recent years by apprehension regarding the prospects of mitigating associated online threats. Numerous safety measures exist, from legislation to technical controls. Though no doubt helpful, they are not substitutes for education and training. The current study (N = 1,092) aimed at identifying technologies young people have access to, the degree to which they engage in risky online behavior, and their literacy of cyber security practices. Recommendations for tailoring and refining awareness-raising training and interventions are also presented. Overall, findings are discouraging, with participants showing poor judgment with regard to safeguarding their wellbeing in the contexts of preventing malware, handling passwords, dealing with data encryption and storage, and surfing the Internet. The study is predicated on the premise that effective awareness-raising education can be implemented through a better understanding of today's youth and their online practices.

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