Table 2.
Pattern matrix factor loadings.
| Items | Factor |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| Increasing computer usage is changing children’s brains for the worse | 0.68 | –0.08 |
| It’s only a matter of time until the global web is brought down with dire consequences | 0.64 | 0.00 |
| I avoid using the internet on personal matters so as not to have my details accessed | 0.58 | –0.05 |
| I worry about others editing my Facebook page (or similar) without my consent | 0.55 | 0.03 |
| I worry about the effects of electromagnetic waves from mobile phones/phone masts | 0.53 | –0.04 |
| Terrorists will find new ways to use the internet to plan new attacks on the general public | 0.48 | 0.15 |
| Payment cards such as Oyster cards allow the authorities to monitor my travel and purchases | –0.15 | 0.71 |
| Companies that store data on customers are very vulnerable to theft of my private details | 0.08 | 0.62 |
| People do not worry enough about threats from their use of technology | 0.19 | 0.53 |
| People should worry that their movements can be monitored via their ‘smartphone’ | –0.07 | 0.59 |
| Closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) are illegally used to spy on people | 0.01 | 0.57 |