Analysis of Higher Education Students’ Awareness in Indonesia on Personal Data Security in Social Media

As time goes by, information and communication technology continue to advance. Since the pandemic, the need for information and communication technology has risen to aid us in working and studying from home. One of the forms of information and communication technology is social media. Social media i...

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Published in:Sustainability 2023-02, Vol.15 (4), p.3814
Main Authors: Kurniawan, Yohannes, Santoso, Samuel Ivan, Wibowo, Regina Rolanda, Anwar, Norizan, Bhutkar, Ganesh, Halim, Erwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Behavior
College students
Data integrity
Data security
Digital media
Education
Education, Higher
Epidemics
General Data Protection Regulation
Higher education
Identification documents
Indonesia
Internet service providers
Laws, regulations and rules
Literature reviews
Pandemics
Personal information
Privacy
Safety and security measures
Sampling methods
Security
Social media
Social networks
Social science research
Students
Technology
University students
User behavior
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Summary:As time goes by, information and communication technology continue to advance. Since the pandemic, the need for information and communication technology has risen to aid us in working and studying from home. One of the forms of information and communication technology is social media. Social media is where users can connect with other users in different regions, upload content as images or videos, express themselves freely, and get responses or reactions from other users (likes and comments). However, behind all those, social media can also be a place full of threats towards the personal data of its users. This study aims to analyze the awareness of higher education student social media users in the research field of Indonesia regarding personal data security. This research focuses on university students, Indonesia’s largest group of social media users, as the main respondents. The questionnaire questions were distributed online using random and snowball sampling methods for targeting student respondents. In this study, social media users were divided into active users (content creators) and passive users (using social media as a means of entertainment). The results show that active users upload personal data to benefit from it. In contrast, passive users are more aware of the use of personal data on their social media. This research also shows how they secure their data and their behavior on social media.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15043814