scholarly journals Cyber-safety and COVID-19 in the early years: A research agenda

2021 ◽  
pp. 1476718X2110149
Author(s):  
Susan Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
Cyber Safety ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

Young children aged birth to 5 years are known users of the internet, both unsupervised and in collaboration with adults. Adults also use the internet to share details of children’s lives with others, via sharenting and educational apps. During COVID-19 internet use by children and families rose significantly during periods of enforced stay-home. Internet use by children, and by adults on behalf exposes children to conduct, contact and content risks online. These risks mean that cyber-safety in the early years is increasingly necessary, especially concerning increased internet usage during COVID-19. While cyber-safety is well developed for primary and secondary-school aged children this is not the case for young children, their families and educators. This paper proposes a research agenda for cyber-safety in the early years, using critical constructivism and internet studies to define the internet as a non-unitary technology. Three main objects of study concerning cyber-safety in the early years, including the reference to COVID-19 are identified for targeted research, including: technologies, context and policy.

scholarly journals A board game proposal for teaching informatics related topics in Early Childhood Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Tharrenos Bratitsis ◽  
Anna Kontovounisiou ◽  
Maria Kiriazoglou
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Functional Potential ◽  
Undergraduate Thesis

This paper presents an idea of a board game designed for teaching informatics related topics to kindergarteners, as part of an undergraduate thesis. The idea emerged through a course about game-based learning and popular board game ideas were examined. Based on a brainstorming session, the appropriate format of the board was selected. Then, the topics were selected, addressing the issue of internet use by young children. The subtopics identified were that of safety while accessing the internet, proper computer use, technological matters and functional potential (all explained in detail in the paper). The game idea, mechanics and design are presented in this paper.

Internet Safety

2011 ◽  
pp. 289-314
Author(s):  
Andrea Peach ◽  
Susan Bell ◽  
Alexandru Spatariu
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Internet Safety ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
The Media

Preschool and young school-aged children use the internet at high rates, and with this access, parents and educators worry about safety issues. Reports of cyberbullying, child predators, inappropriate internet content, and violations of privacy, such as identity theft saturate the media (Dowell, Burgess, & Cavanaugh, 2009). This chapter will explore the roots of cyberbullying, including relational aggression and bullying in early childhood, will examine issues in internet safety that pertain to young children, and will differentiate the issues with young children from those that plague older children. Resources for working with children, parents, and educators will be reviewed, and future safety issues of internet and other mobile technology will be discussed.

scholarly journals Young children's everyday concepts of the internet: A platform for cyber-safety education in the early years

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Edwards ◽  
Andrea Nolan ◽  
Michael Henderson ◽  
Ana Mantilla ◽  
Lydia Plowman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Years ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Cyber Safety

scholarly journals Developmental and family considerations in internet use disorder taxonomy. Commentary on: How to overcome taxonomical problems in the study of Internet use disorders and what to do with “smartphone addiction”? (Montag et al., 2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 920-923
Author(s):  
Dillon T. Browne ◽  
Shealyn S. May ◽  
Laura Colucci ◽  
Hans-Jurgen Rumpf
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Handheld Devices ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Psychological Maladjustment ◽  
Pediatric Populations

AbstractMontag, Wegmann, Sariyska, Demetrovics, and Brand (2019) propose an important framework surrounding the taxonomy of problematic internet usage, with particular applications to disentangling the role of mobile and other handheld devices versus stationary platforms. This is a critical contribution, as organizational frameworks have begun to move past “whether” there is disordered internet use, and towards better understanding the complex and multifaceted ways in which internet usage can be related to psychological maladjustment. In the present commentary, we encourage authors to extend this framework by incorporating developmental complexities. Montag and colleagues' (2019) contribution is discussed with reference to children and families, including: (1) the conceptualization of problematic internet usage and associated behaviors across the early years, (2) the types of internet use and devices that are most salient for young users, (3) the embedding of children's internet consumption within the context of a broader pattern of family media usage, and (4) the construct of behavioral addictions in pediatric populations. Recommendations for science and practice are briefly discussed.

The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
Societal Implications ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Key Questions

Internet Studies has been one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields to emerge over the last decade.The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studieshas been designed to provide a resource in this area, bringing together scholarly perspectives on how the Internet has been studied and how the research agenda should be pursued in the future. The book aims to focus on Internet Studies as an emerging field, each chapter seeking to provide a synthesis and critical assessment of the research in a particular area. Topics covered include social perspectives on the technology of the Internet; the Internet's role in everyday life and work; implications for communication, power, and influence; and the governance and regulation of the Internet. The book aims not only to help to strengthen research on the key questions, but also to shape research, policy, and practice across many disciplines that are finding the Internet and its political, economic, cultural, and other societal implications increasingly central to their own key areas of inquiry.

scholarly journals European research on children’s internet use: Assessing the past and anticipating the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1103-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Livingstone ◽  
Giovanna Mascheroni ◽  
Elisabeth Staksrud
Keyword(s):  
Internet Use ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Moral Panics ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Internet Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
Evidence Review ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we reflect critically on the research agenda on children’s Internet use, framing our analysis using Wellman’s three ages of Internet studies and taking as our case study the three phases of research by the EU Kids Online network from 2006 to 2014. Following the heyday of moral panics, risk discourses and censorious policy-making that led to the European Commission’s first Internet Action Plan 1999–2002, EU Kids Online focused on conceptual clarification, evidence review and debunking of myths, thereby illustrating the value of systematic documentation and mapping, and grounding academic, public and policy-makers’ understanding of ‘the Internet’ in children’s lives. Consonant with Wellman’s third age, which emphasizes analysis and contextualization, the EU Kids Online model of children’s online risks and opportunities helps shift the agenda from how children engage with the Internet as a medium to how they engage with the world mediated by the Internet.

scholarly journals Activities Online and Compulsive Internet Use in Primary School-Aged Children: Whether and How it Has Changed during the COVID-19 Pandemic?

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 136-151
Author(s):  
Roma Jusienė ◽  
Rima Breidokienė ◽  
Ilona Laurinaitytė ◽  
Vilmantė Pakalniškienė
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
The Past ◽  
Parental Reports ◽  
Online Activities

There has been a growing concern among researchers about the use of various information technologies with screens and the Internet by children and adolescents over the past decade. Researchers are concerned that such type of activities can have negative consequences for mental health. Recent studies reveal that Internet use and screen time increased due to the quarantine restrictions, lockdowns and therefore distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims: 1) based on parental reports, to find out the changes in screen time, the online activities and the compulsive Internet use (CIU) of 10-11 years old children during the quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) to determine the links between children’s CIU and the screen time, online activities, children’s gender and their parents’ education. The results of this study showed that screen time was longer and children’s CIU scores were significantly higher in Spring 2020 if to compare to Autumn 2019. Boys were reported to have higher CIU scores than girls. Children’s CIU was significantly predicted by overall screen time and online activities for entertainment, especially when during quarantine.

scholarly journals The internet and sexual identity formation: Comparing Internet use before and after coming out

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Szulc ◽  
Alexander Dhoest
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Early Years ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Before And After ◽  
And Bisexual ◽  
Sexual Identity Formation

AbstractEven in its early years, the Internet was recognized as a medium with great potential for lesbians, gay men, and bisexual individuals (LGBs), especially for LGB youths struggling with their sexual identity. Yet, Internet research related to coming out tends to focus on particular cases or Internet use before and during coming out. Consequently, as such research emphasizes the opportunities and positive aspects of the Internet for LGBs, it may lead to an overestimation of the importance of sexual identity in terms of LGB Internet use. Therefore, in this paper we explore the LGB-specific Internet use of a broad crosssection of the LGB community both before or during and after coming out. Our quantitative online survey and in-depth interviews show that LGBs use the Internet for LGB-oriented purposes less after coming out than before or during it. The results suggest that sexual identity becomes a less salient topic in terms of everyday Internet use after coming out.

The Effect of Suicide-Related Internet Use on Users’ Mental Health

Crisis ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 348-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Sueki
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Suicide Methods ◽  
Internet Users

Background: Previous studies have shown that suicide-related Internet use can have both negative and positive psychological effects. Aims: This study examined the effect of suicide-related Internet use on users’ suicidal ideation, depression/anxiety tendency, and loneliness. Method: A two-wave panel study of 850 Internet users was conducted via the Internet. Results: Suicide-related Internet use (e.g., browsing websites about suicide methods) had negative effects on suicidal ideation and depression/anxiety tendency. No forms of suicide-related Internet use, even those that would generally be considered positive, were found to decrease users’ suicidal ideation. In addition, our results suggest that the greater the suicidal ideation and feelings of depression and loneliness of Internet users, the more they used the Internet. Conclusion: Since suicide-related Internet use can adversely influence the mental health of young adults, it is necessary to take measures to reduce their exposure to such information.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document