Pakistani Youth in Cyber Communities: Opportunities & Challenges
Keywords:
Digital Communities, Cyber Safety, Social Networking Skills, Virtual Exploitation.Abstract
The paper investigates the participatory nature of Pakistani energy-young through cyber community, their behavioral trend and social activities along with social cultural implications about the cyber existence. With the speed of digitalization in Pakistan, young people are spending more and more time in cyberspace in terms of entertainment, education, activism, and the construction of identity. The study of diversity has used the qualitative approach, leading to the data collected from 45 respondents of different age background and geographic locations were collected during the in-depth interviews. The findings are about opportunities and vulnerabilities of the youth in the cyberspace, exposure to online frauds, emotional manipulation, and digital exploitation, and also about resilience and cyber empowerment. This paper highlights the importance of increased digital literacy, improved laws on cybercrimes, and services as a way of making Pakistani young people have safer online experiences. The article also extends the debate of digital youth behavior in developing countries and provides relevant suggestions to the policymakers, educators, and online platforms.
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