Intellectual discourse - 2023 : Let's Think They are Safe Online!: An Asian Perspective on the Classification of Children's Cyber Risks

Sarina, Yusuf and Meisha, Teimouri and Muhamad Shamsul, Ibrahim and Nan Zakiah, Megat Ibrahim (2023) Intellectual discourse - 2023 : Let's Think They are Safe Online!: An Asian Perspective on the Classification of Children's Cyber Risks. Intellectual discourse, 31 (1). 0-0. ISSN 0128-4878

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Abstract

Children currently spend more time on the Internet and corresponding technologies to socialise virtually and play video games. Scholars have not reached a consensus on whether children’s participation in such recreational activities is benefi cial or detrimental. Although Malaysian parents are concerned about the digital threats that may be encountered by their children, most of the detriments remain unknown. Children still hesitate to inform their * Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Email: sarinayusuf@fbk.upsi.edu.my. Corresponding author. ** Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Relation, University of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. Email: misha.teimoury@gmail.com *** Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University Malaya. Email: mshamsul@um.edu. my **** Senior Lecturer, Universiti Poly-Tech Malaysia. Email: zakiah@uptm.edu. my ***** Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, UiTM. Email: syahidanazri@uitm.edu.my ****** Graduate Research assistant, Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. Email: stephylaura13@gmail.com families about their online exposure to inappropriate content, such as cybersex and pornography, which remain taboo subjects in Malaysian households. This study performed a descriptive analysis to determine the risk factors associated with children’s internet use with 420 school-going children aged from 9 to 16 years around Selangor. Resultantly, children were highly exposed to unwanted exposure to pornography (17.4 %), potentially dangerous user-generated content (9 %), sexting (8.8 %), personal data misuse (6.4 %), cyber grooming (3.3 %), and cyberbullying (1.7 %) in the past 12 months of using the Internet.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cyberbullying, digital generation, personal data misuse, sexting, unwanted exposure to pornography
Divisions:	Institute of Graduate Studies (IGS)
Depositing User:	LIBRARY1 UPTM
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2025 01:47
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2025 01:47
URI:	http://eprints.kuptm.edu.my/id/eprint/4902

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