INTRODUCING THE DEEP AND DARK WEB INTO HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Abstract

Present-day television, Internet, and radio advertisements portray the deep and dark web as an underground place where nefarious and frightening activities occur. A place where drug lords reign and credit card information flows like mighty rivers. Research finds that the general population in the United States tends to understand very little about what the deep web and dark web actually are and that most people access the dark web in some form almost daily. The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the existing literature to understand more of what information is currently published related to the public's knowledge of the dark web as a base for a future publication. From this research, the authors propose two training scenarios: one for university students and another for law enforcement. The results of future studies on this topic will serve to fortify both of those courses.