New Media In The Context of Risky Behavior of High School Students: How To Cheat Online
New Media In The Context of Risky Behavior of High School Students: How To Cheat Online
Author(s): Martin Kaliba, Petra AmbrožováSubject(s): Media studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Higher Education , Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Education; High School Students; New Media; Online Cheating;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with current issues of the new media misuse in order to cheat online in school. The issue of online cheating in schools has become a new topic also during the COVID-19 pandemic, when a number of frauds has increased significantly during distance learning. The study brings a view into a Czech education reality and presents research results implement among 1542 students of upper secondary schools all over the Czech Republic at the average age M=16,99, SD=4,28. The sample is made of 647 boys and 895 girls. The research survey was implemented with the aim to map the current situation in terms of online school dishonesty with the help of new media in the population of Czech students of upper secondary schools. The results point to the gender differences in online school cheating and the role of social networks in this field. The research results show, whether we can really classify Czech upper secondary school students as members of so-called Cheating culture.
Journal: Marketing Identity
- Issue Year: 9/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 303-313
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
