Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the extent of awareness of Al-Taif University students towards the digital moral values according to their viewpoints. It also aimed at providing some proposed mechanisms for enhancing such values. The study employed the descriptive analytical approach. To verify its objectives, the study designed a questionnaire which was conducted on a sample of (476) students (Males and females) from Al-Taif University. Some of the most important findings that the study found were : the extent of awareness of Al-Taif University student’s towards the digital moral values was high. The average of the agreement of the sample individuals on the extent of awareness towards the digital moral values was (4.13%). The findings also showed the absence of statistically significant differences in the extent of awareness towards the digital moral values among the sample individuals, attributed to the gender variable. While there were differences according to the variable of the education stage in favor of the sample individuals from those who have Bachelor’s degree. There are also differences attributed to the variable of the type of the name used in the general digital processes in favor of those who use the real name rather than the nickname. Furthermore, there are differences between the individuals of the sample attributed to the variable of accessing the combatting the public informatics crimes system in favor those who access such a system. Some of the most important proposed mechanisms for enhancing the digital moral values are: the necessity of inclusion of (the docu-ment of the rights and obligations of the university student) the punishments resulting from the moral breaches in using the technology, setting out a guide (standards of the digital values) for promoting the digital behaviour. The study recommends that the moral dimension of technology must be included in the study plans of the academic programmes in universities.

Keywords

Awareness, ethics, moral values, digital values.

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