Building a measure of digital citizenship values among social media users
Keywords:
Building scale, networking sites, digital citizenshipAbstract
This study aimed to build a measure of digital citizenship among users of social networking sites, and the society of the study consisted of (3.10) million active users within the country of Kuwait, including (29%) females and (71%) males. The sample of the study consisted of (12356) users of those who use social networking sites such as (Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat). The current study relied on the descriptive analytical method to reach the standard of digital citizenship, the scale included in its final form (56) items distributed on (6) dimensions digital etiquette, netiquette, digital access, digital rights, responsibilities, digital health & Wellness, digital commerce and digital security (self-protection). The study reached for the following results. First, the validity of the scale was verified in three ways: content validity (veracity of arbitrators), factor analysis, and internal consistency. Second, the reliability of the scale was verified in three ways: repeat method, half way, and internal consistency using the Cronbach Alpha equation. The results related to the performance standards of social media users showed that there were no differences in the levels of performance on the scale according to the gender.
Downloads
References
Edmonton Catholic Schools. (2012). Digital Citzenship-Adminstrative Policy.
Hollands worth, R.; Dowdy, L. & Donovan, J. (2011). Digital citizenship in K- 12: It takes a village. Tech Trends, 55(4), 37- 47.
Indian Department of Education. (2013). Digital Citizenship.
Mehrenss, W. A. & Lehmaan, I.J. (1975). Measurement & Evaluation in Education & Psychology. (2nd ed.). Holt Rinhert & Winston.
Mossberger, K. (2009). Toward digital citizenship: Addressing inequality in the information age. Routledge handbook of Internet politics, 173-185
Ribble, M. (2011). Digital Citizenship in School. (2nd ed.). Eugene, Oregon, Washington: International Society for Technology in Education.
Simsek, E. & Simsek, A. (2013). New Literacies for digital citizenship. Contemporary Educational Technology, 4(2), 126- 137.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.