Youth awareness and adaptation to digital technology use in the context of digital transformation

Abstract

    The research objective is to clarify the level of awareness and how young people adapt to digital technology, thereby proposing solutions to improve the effectiveness of using digital technology in learning and social communication. The research method includes exploring the content of public opinion messages on social networks using thematic analysis methods, using advanced data scanning technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The study is also based on a secondary data set from a survey of 1.613 students at eight major universities in Viet Nam and analyzed according to independent and dependent variables. The new contribution of the article is that although digital transformation has been strongly promoted in Viet Nam since 2018, the general level of understanding of digital technology of students is only average and the majority of students only have basic understanding of digital technology. The study proposes solutions as raising awareness through advocacy and education, and enhancing resilience through improving infrastructure and cybersecurity systems.and education, and enhancing resilience through improving infrastructure and cybersecurity systems.