Graduate Students and Digital Citizenship

Abstract

Purpose: The present study aimed to explore the reality of the digital citizenship level among graduate students in Jordanian private universities. Method: The sample consists of 200 graduate students enrolled in Jordanian private universities. To meet the study's goals, the researchers developed a questionnaire consisting of two parts. The first part aims to obtain demographic data on the respondents (age and gender). The second part aimed to obtain data on the study’s areas including digital knowledge, digital communication, digital behaviour, and digital security. Findings: The researchers found that the attitudes of the study sample were moderate towards the reality of digital citizenship level among the graduate students in Jordanian private universities. There are statistically significant differences at the statistical significance level of (a = 0.05) between the respondents’ attitudes which can be attributed to gender variable in favour of male participants. On the other hand, no statistically significant difference can be attributed to age and college. Implications for Research and Practice: The researchers recommended embedding the expression (digital citizenship) into the university curricula. They also recommend focusing on the following areas: (respect, knowledge, and security).