Cyberdeviance among students a multidimensional scaling approach

Title

Cyberdeviance among students a multidimensional scaling approach

Creator

Arumugam, Senthil Kumar; Ramesh, S.; Anuradha, Budha

Description

Cyberdeviance off late has been gaining a lot of attention because of the increased use. Educational institutions have also made the internet available to its student to improve their exposure to various educational information. Hence, it becomes essential to identify a model that helps understand college factors to cyberdivert. The study focused on assessing whether college students are involved in cyberdeviation and the demographic effect on internet behaviour and cyberdeviance. The multidimensional approach was used to understand cyberdeviance. Data were collected from 264 students using convenience sampling in Bengaluru city, India. The study found that the respondents prefer to use the internet mainly for games and prefer least for theft, harassment, adult content, and hacking. They misused the internet due to the fear of unemployment and were involved in internet fraud to deploy knowledge. Copyright 2025 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

Source

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management;Volume;16;Issue;3;pp.286-307

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Subject

cybercrime; cyberdeviance; education; internet; MDS; multidimensional scaling; technology; university students

Coverage

Arumugam S.K., SRM Arts and Science College, Tamil Nadu, Kattankulathur, 603 203, India; Ramesh S., School of Commerce, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Jayanagara 9th Block, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560069, India; Anuradha B., Department of Professional Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Central Campus, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560029, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 17411041;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPSPM.2025.148527

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