What do Medical Students Post Online? Perception on Medical Professionalism in Social Media among Medical Students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

The fast development and accessibility of social media has created an important potential for improvements in the medical field. However, it may also increase the risk of unprofessional conduct among its users including medical students. This study aimed to determine the pattern of social media usage and the self-perceived online professionalism among medical students in one public university in Malaysia. A cross sectional study using a questionnaire was conducted. The questionnaire consisted of participant's demographic details and perception of professionalism on social media usage, using a 5-point Likert scale. The descriptive data analysis was done using SPSS V21.0. Results showed majority (80-93%) denied making postings related to defamation, racism, gender discrimination, potential breach of confidentiality and bad behaviour. 30% shared their social media accounts and postings to public audience and 22% will accept their patients as friends or followers. Most students denied any improper posting related to potential unprofessional statements and behaviour hence perceived as still guarding their online professional conduct. However, some are still not sure about issues related to privacy settings and doctor-patient boundaries on social media. Hence, it is important to educate medical students regarding online medical professionalism and the potential challenges associated with online interaction via social media. Keywords: Social media, medical students, medical professionalism, online conduct, Malaysia.

How Can and Would People Protect From Online Tracking?

Online tracking is complex and users find it challenging to protect themselves from it. While the academic community has extensively studied systems and users for tracking practices, the link between the data protection regulations, websites’ practices of presenting privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), and how users learn about PETs and practice them is not clear. This paper takes a multidimensional approach to find such a link. We conduct a study to evaluate the 100 top EU websites, where we find that information about PETs is provided far beyond the cookie notice. We also find that opting-out from privacy settings is not as easy as opting-in and becomes even more difficult (if not impossible) when the user decides to opt-out of previously accepted privacy settings. In addition, we conduct an online survey with 614 participants across three countries (UK, France, Germany) to gain a broad understanding of users’ tracking protection practices. We find that users mostly learn about PETs for tracking protection via their own research or with the help of family and friends. We find a disparity between what websites offer as tracking protection and the ways individuals report to do so. Observing such a disparity sheds light on why current policies and practices are ineffective in supporting the use of PETs by users.

Systemic Gendering in Facebook Group Participation

Communication is increasingly taking place in Facebook Groups around the world. Yet, we have little scientific knowledge of Facebook Groups at scale, especially the extent to which general systemic gendering is a pattern in participation in such groups. This knowledge deficit is problematic for digitalized and data-driven democratic societies. Therefore, this article aims to investigate gender differences in open, closed, and secret Facebook Groups. The study relies on a unique large-scale Facebook Group dataset from a sample that reflects the gender of Facebook users and the Facebook Groups they belong to in both Denmark and South Korea. By applying Bayesian models and developing a notion of participation that consists of both structural and actual participation, the study finds that the relation between country, gender, and participation is strongly modulated by gender differences. Females are more engaged than males in Denmark, while the opposite is true for South Korea. In both countries, privacy affects females’ participation more than males’. This article contributes to the field by presenting new large-scale findings that explore gender differences on three levels of Facebook Group privacy settings (open, closed, and secret) in a hitherto understudied communication space and, by doing so, it highlights the importance of privacy and country in predicting systemic gendering.

Analyzing the Gender-typed Negative Emotional Strain regarding Digital Image Forgery

209 participants between the age group of 18-34 years were surveyed online. <p>The questionnaire was divided into three sections. The first section collected demographic information regarding their gender, age and educational qualification. The second section gathered information regarding their knowledge about digital image forgery (DIF) and their current privacy settings of their Facebook account. Participants were asked to respond to questions more specifically about profile picture uploads, album creation and tagging facilities provided by Facebook. The third section introduced the participants to a DIF scenario.</p>

Analyzing the Gender-typed Negative Emotional Strain regarding Digital Image Forgery

209 participants between the age group of 18-34 years were surveyed online. <p>The questionnaire was divided into three sections. The first section collected demographic information regarding their gender, age and educational qualification. The second section gathered information regarding their knowledge about digital image forgery (DIF) and their current privacy settings of their Facebook account. Participants were asked to respond to questions more specifically about profile picture uploads, album creation and tagging facilities provided by Facebook. The third section introduced the participants to a DIF scenario.</p>

PENGUKURAN KESADARAN KEAMANAN INFORMASI DAN PRIVASI DALAM SOSIAL MEDIA

The development of information technology and the internet has changed the way humans communicate. One of them is the development of social media, social media has become a part of their lives to obtain or share news online. Social media is one of the most powerful media today, because it provides the convenience and speed that allows someone to create and distribute content. With the development of social media, information security and privacy issues are also of importance today. Social media as a source of leaking classified information has become common today. The purpose of this study is to see how the views of students who are included in the millennial generation see information security and privacy in using social media. The object of this research is the students of the Information Systems Study Program, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Atma Jaya University, Yogyakarta, the data is obtained by distributing questionnaires. Based on questionnaires from respondents, it can be seen that UAJY Information Systems Study Program students understand the importance of information security (85%) but their behavior does not reflect information security, passwords are not changed regularly (75%) and like to access social media in unknown public places. level of system security. In terms of privacy, UAJY Information Systems Study Program students still include personal information on social media, where many social media accounts are open to the public (40.6%), they also do not apply privacy settings (54.9%) so that information important is not publicly accessible. Keywords: information security; social media; privacy AbstrakPerkembangan teknologi informasi dan internet saat ini telah mengubah cara manusia dalam melakukan komunikasi. Salah satunya adalah perkembangan media sosial, media sosial sudah menjadi bagian dari kehidupan mereka untuk memperoleh atau membagikan berita online. Media sosial merupakan salah satu media yang sangat kuat saat ini, karena menyediakan kemudahan dan kecepatan yang memungkinkan seseorang membuat dan mendistribusikan sebuah konten. Semakin berkembangnya media sosial maka masalah keamanan informasi dan privasi juga menjadi hal yang penting saat ini. Media sosial sebagai salah satu sumber bocornya informasi rahasia sudah menjadi hal yang umum saat ini. Tujuan dari penelitian ini melihat bagaimana pandangan mahasiswa yang termasuk dalam generasi millennial melihat keamanan informasi dan privasi dalam menggunakan media sosial. Yang menjadi objek dalam penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa Program Studi Sistem Informasi Fakultas Teknologi Industri Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, data diperoleh dengan cara menyebarkan kuesioner. Berdasarkan kuesioner dari responden maka dapat dilihat bahwa mahasiswa Prodi Sistem Informasi UAJY memahami pentingnya keamanan informasi (85%) akan tetapi perilaku mereka tidak mencerminkan keamanan informasi, password tidak diganti secara berkala (75%) dan suka mengakses media sosial di tempat publik yang belum diketahui tingkat keamanan sistemnya. Dari segi privasi, mahasiswa Prodi Sistem Informasi UAJY masih mencantumkan informasi pribadi di media sosial, yang akun media sosialnya masih banyak yang dibuka untuk umum (40,6%), mereka juga tidak menerapkan pengaturan privasi (54,9%) sehingga informasi-informasi penting tidak bisa diakses secara umum.

Caregivers’ Perspectives on Privacy in Aged Care Monitoring Devices

As people move into advanced old age, they may experience cognitive impairments and frailty, making it difficult for them to live without support from others. Caregivers might decide to use aged care monitoring devices (ACMDs) to support older adults under their care. However, these devices raise privacy concerns as they collect and share sensitive data from the older adult’s private life in order to provide monitoring capabilities. This study involved interviewing formal and informal caregivers who used/may use ACMDs to investigate their views on privacy. The study found that although caregivers consider protecting older adults’ privacy important, they may overlook privacy in order to gain benefits from ACMDs. We argue that ACMD developers should simplify privacy terms and conditions so that caregivers can make well-informed decisions when deciding to use the device. They also should consider providing users with flexible privacy settings so that users can decide what data to collect, whom to share it with and when.

Investigating factors that affect the adoption of Covid-19 contact-tracing apps. A privacy calculus perspective

On June 16th, the German government issued a Covid-19 contact-tracing app whose privacy settings were fiercely debated in advance. Contrary, potential benefits regarding the acceleration of contact-tracing were advertised. This study aimed to investigate the relative importance of privacy concerns and perceived benefits in relation to the decision to use the app adopting a privacy calculus perspective extended by trust in the app-designers and technological knowledge about the app. Results of a representative German sample (N = 952) revealed that app-users had less privacy concerns, perceived more usage benefits, had more trust and more knowledge about the app than non-adopters. Additionally, a path model revealed that perceiving benefits of the app was more important than having privacy concerns. Trust can help to overcome privacy concerns and to boost benefit perception. Results are discussed concerning consequences for communication strategies when launching technology whose adoption should help in mitigating dangers of pandemics.