Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia

Among the many challenges of the information age is the information access issues. The vast array of developed technology devices have resulted in emerging many ethical issues that needs to be addressed. The continuous rapid development of ICT will continue to raise new ethical issues and students a...

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Main Authors:	Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif, M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki, Saidin, Aznan Zuhid
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Medwell Publishing 2016
Subjects:	T Technology (General) T10.5 Communication of technical information
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spelling	iium-548712017-08-03T03:37:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54871/ Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki Saidin, Aznan Zuhid T Technology (General) T10.5 Communication of technical information Among the many challenges of the information age is the information access issues. The vast array of developed technology devices have resulted in emerging many ethical issues that needs to be addressed. The continuous rapid development of ICT will continue to raise new ethical issues and students are likely to have little understanding of the ethical issues associated with using ICT. This study explores the attitude held by the students of International Islamic University Malaysia' (HUM) towards information access issues. It also investigates the differences of the students' individual characteristics of gender, age, marital status, level of study and computer usage with regard to their attitude towards information access issues. Using an adapted instrument, 219 survey questionnaires were analyzed after collecting them from the undergraduate and graduate students of HUM in Gombak campus. Students were found to be sensitive to the unethicality of information access that is unauthorized access to computing and information resources for personal gain. There were no significant differences of the students' individuals' characteristics of gender, age and marital status with regard to their attitude towards information ethics issues of access. However, level of study and the frequency of computer usage showed the existence of significant differences of the students' attitude towards information access. It is suggested that Revised and updated ethics education courses integrated in the university's curricula can help students develop an ethical responsibility and a proper attitude towards information ethics issues Medwell Publishing 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54871/1/54871_Attitude%20of%20students%20towards%20information.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54871/2/54871_Attitude%20of%20students%20towards%20information_SCOPUS.pdf Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif and M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki and Saidin, Aznan Zuhid (2016) Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia. International Journal of Soft Computing, 11 (4). pp. 236-241. ISSN 1816-9503 https://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=ijscomp.2016.236.241 10.3923/ijscomp.2016.236.241
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) T10.5 Communication of technical information Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki Saidin, Aznan Zuhid Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
description	Among the many challenges of the information age is the information access issues. The vast array of developed technology devices have resulted in emerging many ethical issues that needs to be addressed. The continuous rapid development of ICT will continue to raise new ethical issues and students are likely to have little understanding of the ethical issues associated with using ICT. This study explores the attitude held by the students of International Islamic University Malaysia' (HUM) towards information access issues. It also investigates the differences of the students' individual characteristics of gender, age, marital status, level of study and computer usage with regard to their attitude towards information access issues. Using an adapted instrument, 219 survey questionnaires were analyzed after collecting them from the undergraduate and graduate students of HUM in Gombak campus. Students were found to be sensitive to the unethicality of information access that is unauthorized access to computing and information resources for personal gain. There were no significant differences of the students' individuals' characteristics of gender, age and marital status with regard to their attitude towards information ethics issues of access. However, level of study and the frequency of computer usage showed the existence of significant differences of the students' attitude towards information access. It is suggested that Revised and updated ethics education courses integrated in the university's curricula can help students develop an ethical responsibility and a proper attitude towards information ethics issues
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author	Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki Saidin, Aznan Zuhid
author_facet	Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif M.Khedher, Akram M. Zeki Saidin, Aznan Zuhid
author_sort	Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif
title	Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
title_short	Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full	Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
title_fullStr	Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia
title_sort	attitude of students towards information access issues: the case of international islamic university malaysia
publisher	Medwell Publishing
publishDate	2016
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Attitude of students towards information access issues: The case of International Islamic University Malaysia

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