Only about one fourth of participants reported specific data-protection actions, suggesting a single session is not enough for behavioral change¶

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q2 i? Only one fourth of participants mentioned specific actions to protect their data (N = 234, 23.93% in end-of-session messages), and the authors conclude a single awareness session is insufficient to foster behavioral change. → Luca Botturi 2024

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Luca Botturi 2024¶

Luca Botturi, Tiffany Fioroni, Chiara Beretta, Davide Andreoletti, Alessandro Ferrari, Felipe Cardoso, Anna Picco-Schwendener, Suzanna Marazza, Silvia Giordano. (2024). The iBuddy experience: A digital simulation-based approach to enhance secondary school students' privacy awareness. Education Tech Research Dev 72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10309-x

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Open-ended end-of-session answers on the main message brought home (N = 978): general attention (N = 347, 35.48%) and awareness of how platforms handle data (N = 209, 21.37%) dominated, with "only one fourth of the participants mention specific actions" (N = 234, 23.93%).

"only one fourth of the participants mention specific actions that they can take to enhance the protection of their personal data (N = 234, 23.93%)"

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