Abstract

The present study aims to assess high school students’ awareness of the concept of digital citizenship and its relation to other variables, including grade, educational sector, and the rate of using digital technology means in the Office of Education in Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The author adopted the descriptive survey approach and applied a 30-item questionnaire distributed to five domains “i.e., digital values and behavior, digital rights and responsibilities, digital security, digital laws, and digital health and security” to a sample of (674) students. The results showed a moderate level of awareness of the concept of digital citizenship among the participants, with an arithmetic mean of (3.49). The “digital laws” domain was ranked first, with the highest arithmetic mean of (3.74), whereas the “digital rights and responsibilities” domain was ranked last, with an arithmetic mean of (3.24). Moreover, there were statistically significant differences between the arithmetic means of the participants’ responses to their awareness level of the digital citizenship concept due to the educational sector in favor of the “public” and due to the rate of using digital technology means favoring more than five hours a day. However, there were no statistically significant differences due to grade and the impact of the interaction between the educational sector, grade, and the rate of using digital technology means.

Keywords

Digital Rights And Responsibilities, Digital Laws, Digital Security.

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