Attitude towards information privacy issues among students of IIUM

Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif and Zeki, Akram M. and Saidin, Aznan Zuhid (2016) Attitude towards information privacy issues among students of IIUM. In: 2015 4th International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT 2015), 8th-10th Dec. 2015, Kuala Lumpur.

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Abstract

The continuous rapid development of ICT will continue to raise new ethical issues and students are likely to have little understanding of the ethical issues associated with using ICT. Thus, the purpose of this research is to explore the attitude of the International Islamic University Malaysia' (IIUM) students' towards information ethics issues of privacy. This study also investigates the differences of the students' individual characteristics of gender, age, marital status, level of study and computer usage with regard to their attitude towards information privacy issues. A total of 219 questionnaires were collected from the undergraduate and graduate students of IIUM who participated in the survey. Students were found to be generally insensitive to the ethicality of information privacy and protecting one's confidential information. There were no significant differences of the students' individuals' characteristics of gender, age marital status and frequency of computer usage with regard to their attitude towards information ethics issues of privacy. However, Level of study showed the existence of significant differences of the students' attitude towards Information Privacy. Revising and updating ethics education courses integrated in the university's curricula can help students develop an ethical responsibility and a proper attitude towards information ethics issues of privacy. In addition, Islamic teachings on ethics embedded in the courses taught can change students' negative attitude towards information privacy.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	6153/51275
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Information ethics, Privacy, information privacy, ethics, ethics education.
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.5 Information technology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Akram M Zeki
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2016 13:52
Last Modified:	23 Dec 2016 11:01
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/51275

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