Egyptian women’s exposure to cybercrime content through social platforms and its impact on their level of psychological security"A field study"

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Journalism and Publishing, Faculty of Mass Communication - Al-Azhar University

2 Faculty of Mass Communication - Al-Azhar University

Abstract

The study sought to monitor the level of Egyptian women’s exposure to cybercrime content on social platforms, the extent of their interaction with these contents, and to reveal women’s awareness of the contents associated with cybercrimes and their impact on themselves and others, and the relationship of their exposure to these contents on social website platforms to their psychological security. The study relied on a method The survey, and the researcher used the questionnaire tool on a sample of (424) that he applied in the period from 6/1/2023 to 9/1/2023 AD, and the study concluded with a set of results, the most prominent of which are: crimes of invasion of privacy, cyberbullying, and cyber harassment are the forefront crimes. The study also revealed the existence of a statistically significant correlation between the rate of women’s exposure to cybercrime content on social networking sites and their level of psychological security. The study also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the female respondents in their level of psychological security as a result of exposure to the contents of cybercrimes through social networking sites according to demographic variables. The results of the study also concluded that there were statistically significant differences among the female respondents in their level of awareness of their being affected by the contents of cybercrimes through social networking sites compared to their level of awareness of their impact on others.

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