Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Over the past year, there have been quantum leaps in innovation, digital transformation, online and social media adoption, and in the growth trajectories of Environmental, Social, and Governmental (ESG) assets [1], [2], [3], [4]. At odds with this, which diminishes their collective socioeconomic benefit, is the impact from vertiginous surges in cyber-attacks/malicious cyber activities, unprecedented rises in misinformation, disinformation, social engineering, and online harm behaviors. These include disproportionate increases in gender abuse and cyberbullying [5], [6], [7], [5]. Collectively, there is a commonality in the characteristics of these surges. They are borderless, ubiquitous, have endemic trust issues, and they negatively impact many people as well as the planet.
Author: Lisa G. Short
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4285337299