Exploratory Study on Awareness of Social Networking-Based Cybercrime in the Omani Community
Abstract
The study aimed to verify the credibility of awareness of social media-based cybercrime in a sample of Omani society. This study used the exploratory analytical method. The sample consisted of 170 individuals from the Omani community, and the sample was selected through a snowball sampling method. The study tool, based on previous research and content analysis of cybercrime studies, identified 16 items indicating awareness of social media-based cybercrime. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess the appropriateness of the scale for the sample, and the scale yielded two dimensions that accounted for 53.1% of the total variance of the phenomenon. The scale demonstrated adequate reliability based on Cronbach's alpha and omega coefficients. A subsample of Omani citizens was selected from the study sample to examine the impact of demographic variables on cybercrime awareness subscales. The results indicated that demographic variables did not affect social networking-based cybercrime awareness. It can be concluded that awareness of cybercrime is a form of cyber awareness.
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