Exploring the Usefulness of School Education about Risks on Social Network Sites: A Survey Study

摘要: The growing popularity of social network sites (SNS) is causing concerns about privacy and security, especially with teenagers, since they show various forms unsafe behavior on SNS (e.g., Lenhart Madden 2007). It has been put forth by researchers, teachers, parents, teenagers that school ideally placed to educate teens risks teach youngsters how use safely. Privacy attitudes also need be taken into account if we want decrease the amount behavior. However, there a lack research focuses role impact education or actual safe SNS. To counter this shortcoming, survey study was set up 638 pupils exploring teenagers’ towards first question was: Do care their privacy? Next that, extent which questioned. Finally, both safety studied. found do not much for privacy, leads positive raising it an indirect pupils’ Our results suggest therefore more efforts safer are important, attention topic in schools still extremely limited organized curriculum. Practical implications discussed.