COMMUNICATION IN THE TIMES OF GLOBALIZATION. SECURITY IN SMARTPHONE COMMUNICATION AT THE TIMES OF THE WEB 3.0
COMMUNICATION IN THE TIMES OF GLOBALIZATION. SECURITY IN SMARTPHONE COMMUNICATION AT THE TIMES OF THE WEB 3.0

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of a critical survey of the scientific literature and a wide range of quantitative and qualitative researches conducted in Europe, of great interest appears to be the study aimed at analyzing digital online environments starting from the daily practices that young people put into act to learn, communicate with the peer group, build their identity or exercise their citizenship rights in a multi-ethnic and globalized society (Fonasari, 2017). The main users of these new media are the so-called ‘digital natives’ (Prensky, 2001), or that new generation particularly inclined to use new technologies, but this does not mean that they have the appropriate responsibility, the critical sense and the right awareness to make the best use of it to avoid network dangers. In fact, mobile technologies in the past years have known a strong impact and a large diffusion. Within this new context of global explosion of new mobile technologies, an increasing concern is developing towards cybersecurity issues that, now more than ever, become current and perceived, even if not always in an appropriate manner, by users. The article presents an articulated critical reflection on the threats connected to communication via smartphones (the device most used by young people) focusing on the vulnerabilities of: the Android system, applications and connections and highlighting the need to help students build both digital skills (as explained in the context of the eight key European competences) and media education

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