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2025.08.18 Department of Psychology News

[School of Psychology] As part of a service learning initiative for students majoring in criminal psychology, a one-point fraud prevention course focusing on phishing and social media was held at the Police Summer Festival to raise awareness of the increasing dangers of crime and how to deal with them.

The "Police Summer Festival" was held during the summer vacation in collaboration with the Hyogo Prefectural Police, with the theme of "Creating a society where the internet can be used safely and securely."inIn Akashi, students gave a lecture to appeal to the residents of the prefecture about safety.

 On Sunday, August 3rd, a "One-Point Fraud Prevention Lecture by Students" was held at the Aeon Akashi Shopping Center, where students spoke from the stage to shoppers about the recent increase in "phishing scams" and "Social Mediatype investment fraud”Social MediaHe gave a presentation on the malicious methods used in "romantic scams" and how to deal with them.

 The students who participated17Each group spoke on three themes using a monitor from the stage.

Service learning is an experiential learning program, and as a preparatory course, participants received instruction from an officer of the Cyber Planning Division of the Hyogo Prefectural Police Cyber Security and Investigation Center at the Kobe Yamate Campus.SThe participants received a lecture on internet fraud, focusing on NS and other methods, including methods of perpetration, the current state of occurrence, and effective ways to deal with such fraud.

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In addition, the Cabinet Secretariat's Cybersecurity Center (currently the National Cyber Security Office) has published the "Internet Safety and Security Handbook" andIPA"Information Security" issued by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, an independent administrative institution10We prepared for the presentation by creating PowerPoint presentations and reading scripts using materials such as "The Great Threat" published by the Hyogo Prefectural Police Cyber Information Office and "Cyber Crime Prevention News."

We also practiced the presentation in the classroom, making numerous revisions to the PowerPoint presentation, including the size and placement of text, color, and clear animation effects.

I also repeatedly practiced the volume and tone of my voice, as well as how to take pauses, and searched for ways to express myself in a way that would be easy for the other person to understand.

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November3Police Summer FestivalinAt Akashi, after a performance by the Hyogo Prefectural Police Band, a direct presentation was given to shoppers of all ages, from children to the elderly, raising awareness about safe internet usage.

Some of the students were taking notes and taking pictures of the PowerPoint slides on the monitor with their smartphones, giving the presentations a valuable experience that they would not have had in a classroom lecture.

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The off-campus experiential learning involves students making their own case for a particular topic to local residents, allowing them to feel their reactions firsthand. While each student feels nervous, this is a valuable class program that allows them to gain new insights and discoveries.

Unlike other universities, our university has direct interaction with police headquarters and individual police stations, allowing us to develop programs that take advantage of this strength, such as this class program, which was implemented in collaboration with the Cyber Planning Division of the Hyogo Prefectural Police Cybersecurity and Investigation Advanced Center and the Akashi Police Station in Hyogo Prefecture.

I would like to continue to take part in various classes in the future.

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