The Perception of Cyber and Traditional Risks: Experience of Using the Psychometric Paradigm Approach

Q3 Social Sciences

Sotsiologicheskiy Zhurnal Pub Date : 2021-12-29 DOI:10.19181/socjour.2021.27.4.8649

K. Gavrilov, M. Butynko

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Abstract

This article presents the results of using the “psychometric paradigm” methodology (P. Slovic, B. Fischhoff, S. Lichtenstein and others) to study the perception of cyber risks and compare them to other risks designated as “traditional”. The respondents in an online survey were presented seven cyber risks (from computer games to hacker attacks and viruses) and 65 traditional risks (from natural disasters to nuclear power plants and terrorism), assessed based on 8 characteristics. As a result, computer games were perceived differently compared to other cyber risks: first of all, they do not induce fear. Other cyber risks are concentrated in an area of relatively obscure and moderately frightening risks, but they do not form a separate cluster. Radiation therapy, herbicides and pesticides are the closest to cyber risks in the two-dimensional space of risk perception. The results of this pilot survey may be considered a reflection of the sample used, where the main participants were active Internet users who were able to distinguish between the presented cyber risks.

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网络和传统风险的感知:使用心理测量范式方法的经验

本文介绍了使用“心理测量范式”方法（P.Slovic、B.Fischhoff、S.Lichtenstein等人）研究网络风险感知的结果，并将其与其他被指定为“传统”的风险进行比较。在一项在线调查中，受访者被呈现了7种网络风险（从电脑游戏到黑客攻击和病毒）和65种传统风险（从自然灾害到核电站和恐怖主义），并根据8个特征进行了评估。因此，与其他网络风险相比，人们对电脑游戏的看法有所不同：首先，它们不会引发恐惧。其他网络风险集中在一个相对模糊和适度可怕的风险领域，但它们并没有形成一个单独的集群。在风险感知的二维空间中，放射治疗、除草剂和杀虫剂是最接近网络风险的。这项试点调查的结果可以被视为所用样本的反映，其中主要参与者是活跃的互联网用户，他们能够区分所呈现的网络风险。

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Sotsiologicheskiy Zhurnal Social Sciences-Social Sciences (all)

CiteScore

0.90

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0.00%

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审稿时长

37 weeks

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