Religious Education and Digital Ethics Awareness Against Doxing: A Quantitative Study of University Students in Indonesia

Fadli Firdaus 1 Indonesia , Mia Syafrina 2 Indonesia
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Batam
2 Department of Business Management, Politeknik Negeri Batam
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Published 2026-06-30
Vol. 5 No. 4 (2026) PAGES 2127-2138
DOI 10.51574/ijrer.v5i4.5216
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Doxing the non-consensual public disclosure of personal information constitutes a growing threat to digital privacy among university students in Indonesia. This study examines the influence of compulsory Religious Education learning on students' digital ethics awareness in the context of doxing. A cross-sectional descriptive-correlational survey design was employed. Using purposive sampling and Slovin's formula (e = 5%), 94 participants were recruited from a population of 123 students who had completed Religious Education at Politeknik Negeri Batam, Indonesia. Data were collected via a validated 36-item Likert-scale questionnaire (Cronbach's α = 0.912 and 0.897). Analysis incorporated descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality testing, ANOVA linearity testing, Spearman rank correlation, and simple linear regression. Most students demonstrated high Religious Education internalization (98.9%) and high digital ethics awareness (95.7%). Spearman correlation indicated a very strong positive association (rₛ = 0.833, p < .001). Simple regression confirmed that Religious Education explained 71.6% of the variance in digital ethics awareness (R² = 0.716; F = 231.90; p < .001; Cohen's f² = 2.52), with a regression coefficient of b = 0.956 (95% CI [0.832, 1.081]). Religious Education serves as a substantively effective instrument of digital character formation. The theological grounding of Islamic ethical values — particularly hifzh al-'irdh (safeguarding dignity) — appears to confer moral robustness beyond that of rule-based or literacy-oriented approaches. Implications for curriculum design, institutional policy, and interdisciplinary research on digital ethics education are discussed.

Firdaus, F., & Syafrina, M. (2026). Religious Education and Digital Ethics Awareness Against Doxing: A Quantitative Study of University Students in Indonesia . ETDC: Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review , 5(4), 2127–2138. https://doi.org/10.51574/ijrer.v5i4.5216
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