The Challenge of Digital Citizenship for Youth in Cybercrimes

Authors

  • Kanchana Meesulapavikkai School of Communication Arts, Sripatum University

Abstract

Today's world is surrounded by the enormous use of the Internet. This creates an opportunity to "learn" and at the same time "take risks" which arising from cyber, especially youth. Academics have been created and designed the special content of digital citizenship to help and protect them not to be "victims" of cybercriminals. Cybercrime takes many forms as cyber fraud, cyber gambling, cyber blackmail/extortion or even cyber murder. The challenge of digital citizenship for youth in cybercrimes, something to be aware of at all times: “situation control” are 1) Self-Apperception, 2) Digital Literacy (able to distinguish), 3) Social Awareness and 4) Self- Management, as a habit to create a cyber-savvy identity.

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Published

2023-06-18

How to Cite

Meesulapavikkai, K. (2023). The Challenge of Digital Citizenship for Youth in Cybercrimes. Journal of Mass Communication Technology, RMUTP, 8(1), 123–129. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmctrmutp/article/view/262837

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