A Research of Applying ZMET to Discuss the College Students' Literacy toward Information Ethics

• Main Authors: Chien-kun Lee, 李建坤
• Other Authors: Raie-Kuan Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17727909444075772748

碩士 === 國立高雄師範大學 === 資訊教育研究所 === 95 === Along with the development of information technology changing with each passing day, the life style of human and social structure were changing tremendously. It had brought many benefits while at the same time generated problems of computer crime. The information technology was constructing a new model information society bit by bit. This research applied the Zaltman Metaphor-Elicitation Technique to elicit the thought and feelings of the experimental subjects through media as pictures, and formed their consensus maps, in order to present the college students’ information ethics literacy. According to the research, the college students mostly concerned their personal privacy and how the correctness of information affected the individuals and the society. In the overall feeling of information literacy, half of the interviewees felt that the concepts were vague and unclear, which showed that there still spaces for improvement on education. From the consensus map, the cultivation of the “mores” of the users, establishment of correct “value”, define clear “regulations”, elevate “the user’s intention of following the regulations”, correctness of the information social climates, effectively lead the “conformity” into the positive and virtuous side, thus effectively reduce the “illegal behaviors” derived from “convenience of information technology.” The passive method of precaution against computer crimes was the constitution of regulations, however the only way to prevent from computer crimes aggressively and fundamentally is basic education of information ethics. Therefore, the fundamentality of solving computer crimes was to establish the flexible regulations with humanity for information ethics suit the situation, and taught the numerous students from the aspect of human nature. Ask them to bring out the virtuous side, and use the information technology maturely and carefully.