ISSN 2348-1196 (print) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research ISSN 2348-120X (online) Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp: (12-19), Month: July - September 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Exploratory Study on Young People's Online Behavior: Educational Keys to Take Action Cristina Cruz González1, Javier Mula Falcón1, Javier de la Hoz Ruiz1, Carmen Lucena Rodríguez 1 1
University of Granada, Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6806815
Published Date: 07-July-2022
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the different behaviors that young people develop on the Internet, and how they can be risky attitudes. In this way, through a questionnaire, we intend to analyze their attitudes and points of view in order to establish comprehensive keys that will allow educators to dynamize effective actions to respond. This study also aims to provide guidelines for parents in the face of the challenge of educating in a virtualized world, and also to serve as a product of visibility of a situation that is of increasing concern and which has not yet been able to bring educators and the educational community together. After the presentation of the results, we extend our article by giving a series of conclusions on what has been collected. Keywords: education, online, young people, educational keys.
I. INTRODUCTION Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have considerably modified society, providing opportunities in the field of communications, but also generating risks derived from their misuse. For some years now, protocols for action, pedagogical proposals and legislative changes have been legislative changes. The aim is to make parents and caregivers aware that buying a device and subscribing to the service with an Internet company is not everything. It is in the use and adoption of the device where the opportunities and the prevention of risks really lie. If you do not have the competencies, you cannot adequately guide those who are growing up with technology. This accompaniment cannot only be based on restriction, but must be more active, proactive and suggestive, and provide tools for children and young people to develop them and young people to develop (Payton et al., 2000). Education starts at home and at an early age, children know how to handle devices, but it is everyone's responsibility to teach them and protect them. Providing education is not reduced to allowing access to technology, here parental mediation is the one that marks the different. Villanueva (2018) emphasizing the problematic use of the internet and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in adolescent population, as well as the main risks to which they are exposed (cyberbullying, sexting, etc.) in the research "Risks and problematic uses of the internet in adolescents", It addresses aspects related to technological devices that allow access to the internet (cell phone, Tablet, laptop, indicating prevalence, motivations for use, as well as the main risks and inappropriate uses associated with ICT. In this sense, it is observed that cell phone devices are the most used, also showing an accessibility and adaptation to any context that makes them difficult for the application of restrictive mediation strategies by parents (Chawla & Cushing, 2007). Among the main individual risk factors for inappropriate use of the Internet, the research highlights life dissatisfaction, poor group cohesiveness and family support, tendency to introversion, negative thoughts, discomfort with real social relationships and identity conflicts. On the other hand, easy access to the network, the possibility of anonymity and family factors such as poor family functioning and social support are also relevant. The research emphasizes the importance of promoting preventive strategies at the family and school level that promote an adequate use of the Internet and the reduction of the risks associated with social networks (Madell & Muncer, 2007).
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