Do You Mind NSA Affair? Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?

Dept. Social LearningTU Graz June - 2013

Do You Mind NSA Affair?

Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?

Martin EbnerWalther NaglerMartin Schön


General Research Questions:

Which trends can be seen towards:

• Technical equipment• Internet access at study home• Communication behavior• Useage of e-learning platforms (secondary school level)

• Web2.0 competence

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Study over 7 years (n=4994):

Term 2007/2008 n=578Term 2008/2009 n=821Term 2009/2010 n=757Term 2010/2011 n=702Term 2011/2012 n=632Term 2012/2013 n=715 Term 2013/2014 n=789









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Special Focus On:

NSA Affair Affecting Freshmen Habits



• Did global surveillance disclosure changed your behavior of Internet usage?

• 207 answers given (of 789)

• 20% of answers given states concrete changese.g. started using TOR, VPN for Internet access, stopped using social networks

• Few stated aspects of desperation / resignation

• Are there correlations between the answers given and aspects of the general survey?



Correlation table according to NSA and significant variablesPearson correlations matrix

Strong correlation between NSA and Linux users (male, older; often or daily use Dropbox )



Discussion and Conclusion

• Increase of mobile devices unbroken• Mobile Internet as well increasing• Cloud computing has arrived• E-readers significantly upcoming

• Only distinct group of Internet user really takes care about NSA affair according to their Internet habits.

• Statements highly contradictory


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Do You Mind NSA Affair? Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?