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Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Information Assurance and Cyber Security.

The article focuses on a study conducted to compare the attitude of pre-service teachers with general computer end-users towards measures to prevent cyber crime. Perception of respondents towards Information Assurance and cyber security was also analyzed. Cyber crime is the use of computers and the Internet to offense institutions, individuals, communities or society. Entry point of cyber crime is hacking, which is the unauthorized use of network and computer resources to obtain information. These security breaches can be prevented by educating and security training awareness. It is suggested that computer users are not experts, and software developers should provide secure software to prevent cyber crime.

REACTION:

-Cyber crime is everywhere specially hacking. This journal let know and be aware of computer crime like hacking. As becoming a future teacher we need to be aware of cyber crimes, this article studies to prevent cyber crime.

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Cyber Smarts about Cyber-Bullying.

The article focuses on cyber bullying. The author stresses that cyber bullying should be explicitly addressed in late elementary schools because it affects so many children. Examples of cyber bullying include sending harassing messages, posting embarrassing photos, videos or web pages, and threatening violence. The potential consequences of cyber bullying are discussed.

REACTION:

-Cyber bullying is greatly done now a day. I do experience cyber bullying; they wont stop until there are satisfied that you are totally destroyed.

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ONLINE HARASSMENT AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS.

Increased time spent online in combination with current Internet trends such as social networking has led to new risks for online harassment. This problem has been given much attention for adolescents, but little has been done to describe the risks of online harassment experienced by young adults, even though they exhibit Internet behavior comparable to adolescents. This study is in part a replication of a previous study that surveyed online harassment within a college population (Finn 2004). Three questions are addressed: (1) what is the prevalence of online harassment among undergraduate students at a large southwestern university? (2) What is the relationship between the senders and receivers of harassing communications? (3) What are the demographic and computer use variables associated with increased risk of online harassment? A cross-sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample of 420 undergraduates, and the final response rate was 81.4 percent (n = 342). Survey questions included items from the Finn (2004) study, and new questions about technological trends. The Finn study reported a 16.2 percent rate of online harassment compared to 43.3 percent in the current

study. Computer use variables were significant in predicting the likelihood of being harassed online, e.g. time on social networking sites, owning an Internet connected phone, and having ever sent a sext message; overall demographic variables were not significant. Online harassment is an issue deserving attention from researchers, lawmakers, parents, and university communities. Further research should investigate how students are coping with harassment, including reporting practices. Evidence-based interventions targeting this emerging issue are greatly needed.

REACTION:

-College student experience a lot of online harassment. When they hate you they use online harassment by character assassination and even destroy your works in your studies.