Different Socioeconomic Backgrounds have Different Digital Citizenship Behaviors

Ribble and Miller (2013) divided the nine elements of digital citizenship into three dimensions.

The study that I read was centered on gaining a knowledge of the digital citizenship behaviors of college students at a regular college located in the middle of China who came from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Communities of all sizes were analyzed, from little towns to major metropolises. The Digital Citizenship Scale was applied in the research in order to evaluate all three dimensions of the nine different aspects of digital citizenship.

These findings showed that, despite the normality of computer use, there is still a digital divide in terms of digital citizenship behaviors among college students from various socioeconomic backgrounds (Xu et al., 2017). The findings pointed to the existence of a second-level digital divide, which highlights how the growing number of people utilizing computers and the Internet has turned the focus of the digital divide issue away from access and onto the variations in how different individuals utilize technology (Xu et al., 2017).

In conclusion the study found that all college students exhibited less suitable behavior when it came to the dimension of protecting oneself and others (Xu et al., 2017). In addition, it was discovered that students who originated from socioeconomic regions with a higher standard of living exhibited more appropriate behaviors regarding digital citizenship in the Educate Yourself/Connect with Others and Protect Yourself/Protect Other dimensions than students who originated from socioeconomic regions with a lower standard of living (Xu et al., 2017).

With more practice, the process of locating articles and obtaining the information that is necessary for the article analysis has gotten much simpler. The reading that we did from the book that we are using has been an excellent resource for me because it has assisted me in comprehending the intricate aspects of research.

  

References

Ribble, M., Miller, T.N.: Educational leadership in an online world: Connecting students to technology responsibly, safely, and ethically. J. Asynch. Learning Net. 17, 137—145 (2013)

Xu, S., Yang, H. H., Zhu, S., & MacLeod, J. (2017). Understanding the digital citizenship behaviors of college students from differing socioeconomic origins. 2017 International Symposium on Educational Technology (ISET). https://doi.org/10.1109/iset.2017.50