Open AccessDigital Media and Women: Usage, Challenges and Outcome (A Study of Women in Jaipur)
Author(s) -
Nikita Batra
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2022.41078
Subject(s) - internet privacy , cyberspace , hacker , the internet , social media , digital media , computer security , advertising , business , computer science , world wide web
The advent of Internet has taken the world in a swirl. Living in a digital age, we treat Internet as our lifesaver and rely on this technology for a broad array of things from paying our bills to finding a life partner, so on and so forth. Technology has made things easier but it has also created many threats for the society and it is constantly increasing. It is a need to be careful all the time while accessing Internet otherwise a person can easily become the victim. Each one of us our connected through technology that let people communicate with each other. The availability of mobiles, personal computers, laptops and ease of access to Internet made things easier but at the same time the risk of being the victim of crime in virtual world has also increased. The more usage also affecting the health of people and women have been seen more affected to it. Cybercriminals keep their eye on various digital media platforms including job and marriage website where women post their personal information. The revealing of such information has made women more a target of cyber crime. It has also been seen that women are less aware about the laws regarding cyber crime and most of the times they shy or have fear of reporting such type of crimes. Keywords: Digital, Digital Media, Social Media, Crime, Cyber Crime, Morphing, Cyberspace, Netizens, Cyber Bullying, Hacking.