Abstract Digital citizenship is defined as using knowledge and skills to exhibit appropriate behavior online using digital technology. Two hundred and thirty-seven middle school students were surveyed about digital device use and perception of digital citizenship practices on cyberbullying, digital netiquette, digital footprint, digital privacy, and digital identity. Findings indicated that student use of mobile devices has increased, which has established the need for parental monitoring of the online behavior of their children. Only 55.3% of the surveyed students indicated parental monitoring of their internet/social media use, and only 37.1% of the students identified digital citizenship as being taught in their schools. Seventy-three percent of the students indicated having never been cyberbullied, and only 55.7% indicated knowing how to collect proof if they suspect cyberbullying has occurred. Fifty-seven percent of the students cited following digital netiquette when communicating or posting online, 59.7% of the students have shared their password with a friend, and 48.5% have added a friend and followed someone they did not know. Middle school students lack an understanding of digital citizenship practices, which has implications for teachers, administrators, and parents on teaching digital citizenship at school and home.

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中学生对技术使用和数字公民行为的理解

摘要数字公民被定义为使用知识和技能通过数字技术在线展示适当的行为。对237名中学生进行了有关数字设备的使用以及对网络欺凌，数字网络礼仪，数字足迹，数字隐私和数字身份的数字公民行为感知的调查。调查结果表明，学生对移动设备的使用有所增加，这已经建立了家长对其孩子的在线行为进行监控的需求。只有55.3％的被调查学生表示家长对其互联网/社交媒体使用情况进行了监控，只有37.1％的学生将数字公民身份确定为学校所教。73％的学生表示从未受到网络欺凌，只有55％。7％的人表示知道如果他们怀疑已经发生网络欺凌，该如何收集证据。在网上交流或发布帖子时，有57％的学生引用了数字网络礼仪，有59.7％的学生与朋友共享密码，有48.5％的朋友添加了朋友并关注了一个不认识的人。中学生缺乏对数字公民行为的理解，这对教师，管理人员和父母在学校和家庭中教授数字公民有影响。