Level of Awareness on Selected Cybercrime Offenses and Sanctions Among Students In Caloocan North District I
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Publication Year
2019
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75
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to determine the level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses among students in Caloocan North District 1. Part of this study is to identify the offenses are the students are exposed to 7. The results of this study are the basis for initiating Supreme Student Government programs that can be useful for students to have greater awareness on cybercrime offenses. Thus, engage them to a more meaningful and responsible activities when using the internet. This study was delimited on determining the level of awareness the on selected cybercrime offenses among students in Caloocan North District 1 schools, namely, Camarin High School, Caloocan City Business High School and Cielito Zamora Junior High School. This study involves the Grade 7 to Grade 10 students and their Level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses and its sanctions.This study adopted a descriptive method that involves utilization of survey questionnaire to gather information on the "Level of Awareness on Selected Cybecrime Offenses Among Students In Caloocan North District 1". Utilizing checklist to gather needed information on the demographic profile of student respondents to conform with the research problem number 1 and the selected cybercrime offenses/sanctions conform with the research problem number 2. These data was extracted in order to answer the problem no.3.
Prior to the conduct of data gathering, permission from the Schools Division Office-Caloocan was secured through a formal communication signed by the researcher, noted and duly signed by the researcher adviser and the Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Caloocan City. Similar permission was also secured from the school heads involved in the study. The researcher disseminates questionnaires for Grade 7 to grade 10 student of selected schools of Caloocan North District I. Data gathering were done by accomplishing the research questionnaire. The data gathered were carefully tallied, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using appropriate statistical treatments and tools to clearly answer each stated problem under study. It utilizes the following statistical treatments and tools such as frequency distribution table, percentage, ranking and weighted mean as well as F-test and ANOVA.Findings revealed that among the identified cybercrime offenses, "Child Pornography" topped the ranking 2.55 weighted mean which is verbally interpreted as much aware. This offense is followed by "cybersex" on the second rank with 2.53 weighted mean, verbally interpreted as much aware. However, "Computer related theft" has 2.37 weighted mean which is verbally interpreted as aware. Likewise, "Illegal Access" has 2.31 weighted mean which is also verbally interpreted as aware. Meanwhile, "Computer Related Fraud" recorded the least weighted mean of 2.25 but also verbally interpreted as aware. There is a significant difference on the level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses when grouped according to profile. It is found out that the age grade level and the use of internet of the respondents affect their awareness to cybercrime offenses. Student respondents have found to be using the internet daily. Most of the respondents belong to age 15-18 age range which belongs to young adolescents with 4.33 weighted mean. In addition, among profile of the student respondents which affects their level of awareness on cybercrime offenses is the grade level with 14.68 f- computed value and 2.60 f-critical which means that higher the grade level the higher their level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses. Different programs and tools has been recommended as part of the output of this study to raise the level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses among students. These programs and tools includes sympossiun.posting or advocacy memes, facebook page, bulletins of freewalls and documentaries. The purpose of the symposium is to educate the students about responsible use of internet. Next is Posting or advocacy memes, since the students now a days are fond of creating memes in the internet just for fun, now its different because they will have to make memes to educate they fellow classmates. In addition to this, facebook page has to be created in purpose of sharing information to all its members. Since the students like to post on social media, the use of free walls and bulletins will also help reduce their need to post on social media. Lastly, documentaries have to be done per year level to a more realistic approach on cybercrime issues.
Prior to the conduct of data gathering, permission from the Schools Division Office-Caloocan was secured through a formal communication signed by the researcher, noted and duly signed by the researcher adviser and the Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Caloocan City. Similar permission was also secured from the school heads involved in the study. The researcher disseminates questionnaires for Grade 7 to grade 10 student of selected schools of Caloocan North District I. Data gathering were done by accomplishing the research questionnaire. The data gathered were carefully tallied, tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using appropriate statistical treatments and tools to clearly answer each stated problem under study. It utilizes the following statistical treatments and tools such as frequency distribution table, percentage, ranking and weighted mean as well as F-test and ANOVA.Findings revealed that among the identified cybercrime offenses, "Child Pornography" topped the ranking 2.55 weighted mean which is verbally interpreted as much aware. This offense is followed by "cybersex" on the second rank with 2.53 weighted mean, verbally interpreted as much aware. However, "Computer related theft" has 2.37 weighted mean which is verbally interpreted as aware. Likewise, "Illegal Access" has 2.31 weighted mean which is also verbally interpreted as aware. Meanwhile, "Computer Related Fraud" recorded the least weighted mean of 2.25 but also verbally interpreted as aware. There is a significant difference on the level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses when grouped according to profile. It is found out that the age grade level and the use of internet of the respondents affect their awareness to cybercrime offenses. Student respondents have found to be using the internet daily. Most of the respondents belong to age 15-18 age range which belongs to young adolescents with 4.33 weighted mean. In addition, among profile of the student respondents which affects their level of awareness on cybercrime offenses is the grade level with 14.68 f- computed value and 2.60 f-critical which means that higher the grade level the higher their level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses. Different programs and tools has been recommended as part of the output of this study to raise the level of awareness on selected cybercrime offenses among students. These programs and tools includes sympossiun.posting or advocacy memes, facebook page, bulletins of freewalls and documentaries. The purpose of the symposium is to educate the students about responsible use of internet. Next is Posting or advocacy memes, since the students now a days are fond of creating memes in the internet just for fun, now its different because they will have to make memes to educate they fellow classmates. In addition to this, facebook page has to be created in purpose of sharing information to all its members. Since the students like to post on social media, the use of free walls and bulletins will also help reduce their need to post on social media. Lastly, documentaries have to be done per year level to a more realistic approach on cybercrime issues.
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