An Investigation of Cyber Wellness Awareness: Turkey Secondary School Students, Teachers, and Parents


Turker P. M., KILIÇ ÇAKMAK E.

COMPUTERS IN THE SCHOOLS, cilt.36, sa.4, ss.293-318, 2019 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/07380569.2019.1677433
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTERS IN THE SCHOOLS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.293-318
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cyber wellness, internet addiction, cyberbullying, netiquette, online privacy, inappropriate online content, copyright, INTERNET, CHILDRENS, SAFETY
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Cyber wellness includes the knowledge, skills, and values geared toward the protection of Internet users as well as proper and responsible technology use. Using the survey method, this study investigated the cyber wellness awareness of secondary school students and teachers as well as parents' perceptions of their children's cyber wellness. Six thousand eight hundred thirty-nine (6,839) students, 749 teachers, and 4,916 parents participated. Cyber wellness survey forms for students, teachers, and parents were distributed to seven school districts. Results indicated that students had high levels of awareness with regard to Internet addiction, cyberbullying, online privacy, and cybersecurity and medium levels of awareness regarding netiquette, inappropriate online content, and copyright. Additionally, students' awareness levels differed significantly in terms of gender, class level, Internet use span, and desire for education on safe and responsible Internet use. Teachers had medium levels of awareness with respect to all of the concepts. Furthermore, it was determined that parents considered that their children had medium levels of awareness regarding Internet addiction, netiquette, online privacy, inappropriate online content, copyright, and cybersecurity along with a high level of awareness regarding cyberbullying.