Ethical And Social Risk Awareness in Generative AI (GenAI): The Role of Mindset and GenAI Literacy

Gökçearslan Ş., Durak H., Günbatar M. S., Atman Uslu N., Elçi A. N.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.1-21, 2025 (ESCI)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-21
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

GenAI's advanced natural language processing capabilities will revolutionize numerous areas ranging from paradigm shift in education to economy. Along with the positive aspects of GenAI, ethical and social risk harms are also one of the negative aspects that attract attention in the literature. The purpose of this study is to test the role of mindset and GenAI literacy in university students' awareness of ethical and social risk harms with structural equation modeling. According to the research results, the developed awareness of ethical and social risk harms of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) scale is valid and reliable. GenAI literacy variable does not have a significant effect on GenAI risk awareness for ethical and social harms, while fixed mindset has a significant effect on GenAI literacy and GenAI risk awareness for ethical and social harms. Mindset should be taken into account in activities for both variables.