Just One Click—Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People through the Internet and Mobile Phone Technology by Tink Palmer with Lisa Stacey, Barnardo's, Ilford, 2004. 37pp. ISBN 0-902046-99-9 (Pbk), £5

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 448-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology

Analysis of the Slovak Discourses of Sex Education Inspired by Michel Foucault

Human Affairs ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Lukšík ◽  
Dagmar Marková
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Basic Ability ◽  
And Control

Analysis of the Slovak Discourses of Sex Education Inspired by Michel FoucaultThe aims, rules and topics of sex education exist on paper, but have yet to be implemented in Slovakia. Although the curriculum creates the illusion of openness in this field, the silence on sex education in schools provides space for the alternative, "more valuable" quiet discourses of religious education. Under these conditions, it is silence that is proving to be an advantageous strategy for the majority of those who should be voicing their opinions. Instead, they listen and control. By contrast, those who do speak out, children and young people, do not in fact, speak to them, but mainly among themselves. Those who are silent and listen are not prepared for the younger generations confessions on sexuality, which are mostly taken from the liberal area of media, especially the internet. The silent frequently lack, at the very least, the basic ability to react and debate in this changed situation. Those who are involved in the discussion on sexuality in Slovakia are those who should listen and supervise.

Wykorzystywanie Internetu przez dzieci i młodzież – pozytywne i praktyczne aspekty oraz zagrożenia

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 193-203
Author(s):  
Ewa Kłak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Constant Attention ◽  
Mobile Access ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
A Current

The Internet is a tool that enables knowledge and information to spread rapidly, which has a huge impact on the development of person and society. It has a particularly significant impact on the young generation that eagerly use its benefits for the entertainment, communication and information purposes. A mobile phone plays an increasing role here, as it enables continuous, mobile access to the network. However, the effects of using the Internet in everyday life can be positive (e.g. learning) but also negative (e.g. addictions). Research shows that the time spent by young people online is constantly increasing. This causes concern among parents and carers. The use of the Internet by children and adolescents is a current and important topic, that requires constant attention and continuation of research, as well as education of users, parents and teachers on the proper use of the Internet.

When “Culture Trumped Safety”, Developing a Protective Weave in Child Welfare Organisations: A Case Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Menzies ◽  
Lyn Stoker
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Young People ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Institutional Responses ◽  
Culture Of Fear

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has uncovered evidence that organisations sometimes provide opportunity for the sexual abuse of children. How do organisations go about preventing this? The authors of this paper consider the case of an out-of-home care (OOHC) agency which failed to protect children. By identifying gaps in practice and culture in this case, the authors suggest that protecting children in OOHC requires a “weave” of organisational structures, staff development and cultural competence. In this case, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the organisation was able to create an opportunity for access to vulnerable young people by using strategies we can now identify as grooming behaviours. He did this by using his positional power. He ignored standards, isolated protective adults and therefore children and young people, rewarded compliance, discouraged reflective practice, used his culture to avoid scrutiny from funding and oversighting agencies, and created an organisational culture of fear and secrecy. In effect, he used culture to trump safety. Even in the stressful conditions of managing an OOHC service, good practice is important, not only because it meets the standards and legislation, but because this is how services maintain the safety of children and young people in care.

scholarly journals A Virtual Vertical File: How Librarians Utilize Pinterest

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Kate Eckert
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Oral History ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
Children's Librarians

Past presidents of ALSC—some of whom have been interviewed recently by ALSC’s Oral History Committee—probably would not be surprised at how much children’s services have changed since the 1940s, when ALA formed a Division for Children and Young People (a precursor name to ALSC).  But what may surprise many is how computers and the Internet have become omnipresent virtual tools to help children’s librarians with everything from selection to services. Social media—and all its iterations and segments—is a huge part of who librarians are and can be today. Here’s a brief, non-scientific look at how some of our colleagues use one of these tools, Pinterest.

Exposure to sexual harm is now a ‘normal part’ of life

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 486-487
Author(s):  
Pete Henshaw
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Young People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Normal Part ◽  
Independent Inquiry

Children and young people are coming to accept that exposure to online sexual harm and receiving and being asked for explicit images is now a part of everyday life. Pete Henshaw takes a look at the latest report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Young People, Sexual Content and Solicitation Online

2011 ◽  
pp. 338-356
Author(s):  
Kareena McAloney ◽  
Joanne E. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Child Pornography ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sexually Explicit Material ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Sexual Predators ◽  
Sexually Explicit ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Young people can potentially be exposed to sexual material from a variety of sources, both accidentally and purposefully. One such source, the internet, plays host to a vast array of information and imagery, among which sexually explicit material and pornography are in high concentration. Indeed within this virtual catalogue of material it is possible to find both adult and child pornography, particularly if one is aware of the correct methods of accessing such content. This chapter provides an in-depth overview of current knowledge regarding young people’s exposure to and experiences of sexual material and sexual predators online, including those particular aspects of young people’s online interactions that make them vulnerable to receive unwanted sexual material and solicitation. The authors then discuss the use of the Internet for the sexual exploitation of children and young people both in the nature of sexual material to which they are exposed to online including the transmission of images of child pornography and molestation, the processes by which young people access sexual material online, the solicitation of children by sexual predators in targeting young people and how young people in turn come to interact with sexual predators online. Finally they address current mechanisms designed to protect children and young people as they engage in online activities.

Mobile Communities and the "Generation that Beeps and Hums"

2011 ◽  
pp. 157-178
Author(s):  
Marian Quigley
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Mobile Phone Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Group A ◽  
False Premise

The rapid appropriation of mobile phone technology by young people is occurring at the same time as critics are debating the so-called demise of community, purportedly as a result of our increasingly technologised and globalised society. Opposing theorists, however, argue that the notion of community is itself nebulous and that it represents an imagined ideal rather than a vanishing reality. Thus, they argue, it follows that debates about the greater authenticity of “real,” face-to-face communities over “virtual communities”—those centered on technological rather than geographical links —are based on a false premise. This chapter argues that young people today are utilizing mobile phones—sometimes in combination with the Internet—to establish and maintain social networks combining both their geographically present and absent peers. These networks are mobile, heavily reliant on technology and are comprised of a mix of “real” and “virtual” communication. They are also characterized by a sense of belonging to a group—a concept integral to the notion of community.

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