Praneetha V & Dr. N. Kalai Arasi (Associate Professor)
N.K.T. National College of Education for Women.
Cyber Security and its Relation with Motives of Using Internet among College Students in Chennai, India
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Abstract
The cyber world has become an integral part of human life. Being secured in the cyber
space has become a major issue. In today’s dynamic environment, cyber security has
become vital for young children and adolescents. Motives of using the internet has also
becomes very important as it helps the students identify what sort of information can be
shared and with whom. The present study intends to find out the relationship between
Cyber security and Motives of Using the Internet among college students in Chennai with
respect to gender, course of study and stream of study. It is to be noted that there are no
studies that analyse the relationship between cyber security and motives of using internet.
It is found that cyber security and motives of using internet are significantly and
positively correlated; with a significant difference shown in gender where, male students
have an upper hand in cyber security than female students and female students have high
motives of using internet than their male counterparts. The students who belong to the
arts stream have more cyber security than students who belong to science and
professional streams while there is no difference in the motives of using internet among
students with respect to stream of study. It is important to note that the female students
have less cyber security but have high motives of using the internet than the male
students. Women are more vulnerable to cyber threats these days and hence it is essential
to inculcate proper awareness and orientation on cyber security and imbibe necessary
security behaviour and practices so that they can safeguard themselves on the cyber
space.