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Comparing Three Countries’ Higher Education Students’ Cyber Related Perceptions and Behaviours during COVID-19

Andrea Tick, Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo, Isabella M. Venter, Karen V. Renaud, Rénette J. Blignaut

Electronics, Volume: 10, Issue: 22, Pages: 2865 - 2887

Swansea University Author: Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/electronics10222865

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In 2020, a global pandemic led to lockdowns, and subsequent social and business restrictions. These required overnight implementation of emergency measures to permit continued functioning of vital industries. Digital technologies and platforms made this switch feasible, but it also introduced severa...

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