Perception of teenage internet users on cyber crimes (an empirical examination on intermediate college level students in guntur district of A.P)

Abstract

The dependence and behavior of the citizens on information security and internet activities deeply affect the route that intend for using the information technology. It is a well known factor that the growth of cyber crimes in India is a resultant factor of issues such as lack of proper training and education and the low awareness levels of Indians towards punishment for cyber crimes. This paper aims at studying the perception levels of teenage internet users towards the aspect of cyber crimes based on statutory and ethical perspectives. Descriptive research design was adopted for this study in the sample size was fixed at 120 involving the intermediate college level students of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. The data analysis was carried out with the help of statistical tools like t-Test and ANOVA. The findings of the study shows that there is no difference in the perception levels among male and female teenage internet users and the study further shows that there exists the significant difference in the perception levels of the respondents based on their level of education and perspectives based on statutory and ethical issues.