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Journal Article 
Digital Etiquette: Educating Primary School Children via Mobile Game Application 
Abd Rahman, N; Razali, N; Ali, SAM; Malim, N; Husin, MH; Singh, MM; , 
2014 
UNIV UTARI MALAYSIA-UUM 
SINTOK 
676-681 
WOS:000346752100114 
Today, internet accessibility is no longer a privilege. It could be accessed anywhere and by anyone regardless of age. Being exposed to the internet at an early age is harmful without proper parental guidance. Thus, there is a need to build awareness among children on digital etiquette when going online. Learning digital etiquette would allow children to know the correct use of the internet which will lead them to understand the concepts of accountability, respect, privacy and etc. These concepts can help guide them to build good attitude and avoid them from being victims of cybercrimes such as internet abuse - pornographic, information theft cyber bullying and so forth. The purpose of this paper is to build awareness on digital etiquette among primary school children. An online survey was conducted to assess the children's understanding and awareness about digital etiquette. The online survey was distributed via social network sites (such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+) to parents or guardians with children aged between 7 to 12 years old. As a result of the survey, we found the need to educate children On proper digital etiquette. Hence, we proposed a design for an Android-based game application to educate the primary school children on digital etiquette. In future, we hope to complete the development of the application and implement it for primary school children in Malaysia. Therefore, this paper is focused on the early stages of our research that revolves on the background study and initial results of the survey, which led to the need of such conclusion. 
digital etiquette; ethic education; internet safety; internet ethics; netiquette 
Puteh, N; Salam, SNA; Baharom, F; Yusof, Y; Yusof, SAM; 
978-983-2078-92-0 
Knowledge Management International Conference (KMICe2014) 
Langkawi, MALAYSIA