Privacy, Trust, and Social Media – A Student’s Perspective in the Era of COVID-19
Privacy, Trust, and Social Media – A Student’s Perspective in the Era of COVID-19 |
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| © 2024 by IJETT Journal | ||
| Volume-72 Issue-7 |
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| Year of Publication : 2024 | ||
| Author : Nidal A. Al-Dmour |
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| DOI : 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V72I7P119 | ||
How to Cite?
Nidal A. Al-Dmour, "Privacy, Trust, and Social Media – A Student’s Perspective in the Era of COVID-19," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 178-186, 2024. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V72I7P119
Abstract
This study has attempted to analyze the effects and implications that the use of social media has brought with it in a classroom and educational environment. The study has been based on various data collection methodologies such as direct questionnaires, survey data collection, and survey/questionnaire results analysis. The paper most importantly emphasizes the impacts of social media in the educational sector, whether it be advantageous to the user or disadvantageous to the user. Not only does the study discuss the effects of the use of social media but also how the invasion and breach of data gathered by social media can intern have effects on the person/people whose data and privacy have been breached. The study also takes into account the current global climate and how the COVID-19 pandemic has also had an impact on the global social network. This paper has also presented educators with various forms of methodologies that they can make use of in order to implement social media into their classroom environments if they so wish to do so. Hindrances of such use of social media in the education sector have also been noted and explained.
Keywords
Privacy, Trust, Social-Media, COVID-19, Education.
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