Finding common ground: comparing children’s and parents’ views on children’s online safety

This study examines children’s online safety with a particular interest in children’s online safety skills and conduct as well as parents’ mediation strategies. A survey of 141 children and 163 par-ents was conducted. Children have encountered a variety of different online threats, but not many children have been scared or disturbed by what they have seen or experienced. Our study revealed that children have a significantly more positive opinion about their own safety skills than their par-ents have, and that parents have a significantly more positive view on the amount of online safety mediation they engage in compared to children’s view. Implications of these results for research and for designing tools for children’s online safety mediation are discussed, suggesting the ap-proach of ‘family-negotiated online safety of children’.

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Heidi Hartikainen

Marianne Kinnula

Netta Iivari

Dorina Rajanen

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Publication date: July 2017

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.43

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Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

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Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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[2] T. AmmariS. Schoenebeck 2015 Understanding and Supporting Fathers and Fatherhood on Social Media Sites Proc. CHI 2015. 1905 1914

[3] G. AndersonD. KtoridouN. EteokleousA. Zahariadou 2012 Exploring parents’ and children's awareness on internet threats in relation to internet safety Campus-Wide Info Systems, 29 3 133 143

[4] d. boydE. Hargittai 2013 Connected and concerned: Variation in parents' online safety concerns Policy & Internet, 5 3 245 269

[5] J. DempseyB. CassidyG. Sim 2016 Child-Centered Security Proc. HCI 2016. 3

[6] A. DüragerS. Livingstone 2012 How can parents support children’s internet safety? London EU Kids Online

[7] EU Kids Online network 2014 Research Toolkit. London EU Kids Online

[8] X. FanM. Chen 2001 Parental Involvement and Students' Academic Achievement: A MetaAnalysis Educational Psychology Review, 13 1 1 22

[9] A.C. FletcherL. SteinbergM. Williams-Wheeler 2004 Parental influences on adolescent problem behavior: revisiting Stattin and Kerr Child development, 75 3 781 796

[10] H. HartikainenN. IivariM. Kinnula 2016 Should We Design for Control, Trust or Involvement? A Discourses Survey About Children’s Online Safety Proc. IDC 2016 367 378

[11] H. HartikainenN. IivariM. Kinnula 2015 Children and Web 2.0: What They Do, What We Fear, and What Is Done to Make Them Safe Proc. SCIS 2015. 30 43

[12] U. HasebrinkA. GörzigL. HaddonV. KalmusS. Livingstone 2011 Patterns of risk and safety online. London EU Kids Online

[13] E.J. HelsperR. Eynon 2010 Digital natives: where is the evidence? British Educational Research Journal, 36 3 503 520

[14] A. HinikerH. SuhS. CaoJ.A. Kientz 2016 Screen Time Tantrums: How Families Manage Screen Media Experiences for Toddlers and Preschoolers Proc. CHI2016. 648 660

[15] D. HollowayL. GreenS. Livingstone 2013 Zero to eight. Young children and their internet use. London EU Kids Online

[16] M. KerrH. StattinK. Trost 1999 To know you is to trust you: parents' trust is rooted in child disclosure of information Journal of adolescence, 22 6 737 752

[17] L.S. Kirsch 1997 Portfolios of Control Modes and IS Project Management Information Systems Research, 8 3 215 239

[18] S. KotilainenA. Suoninen 2013 Tyttöjen ja poikien nettikulttuurit mediakasvatuksen haasteena R. KupiainenS. KotilainenK. NikunenA. Suoninen Lapset netissä: Puheenvuoroja lasten ja nuorten netin käytöstä ja riskeistä. Helsinki Mediakasvatusseura 1624

[19] S. Kotilainen 2011 Mediabarometri 2010. Helsinki Mediakasvatusseura

[20] S. Livingstone 2009 Children and the internet. Polity

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[23] S. LivingstoneE.J. Helsper 2008 Parental Mediation of Children's Internet Use Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 52 4 581 599

[24] E. MagkosE. KleisiariP. ChaniasV. Gianna-kouris-Salalidis 2014 Parental Control and Children’s Internet Safety: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Proc. ICIL 2014. 18

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[29] J.A. PaterA.D. MillerE.D. Mynatt 2015 This Digital Life Proc. CHI 2015. 2305 2314

[30] M. Prensky 2001 Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Part 1 On the Horizon, 9 5 1 6

[31] K. RenaudJ. Maguire 2015 Regulating Access to Adult Content (with Privacy Preservation) Proc. CHI 2015. 4019 4028

[32] W. ShinM.O. Lwin 2016 How does “talking about the Internet with others” affect teenagers’ experience of online risks? New Media & Society.

[33] H. StattinM. Kerr 2000 Parental monitoring: a reinterpretation Child Development, 71 4 1072 1085

[34] A. Suoninen 2013 Lasten mediabarometri 2012: 10-12 vuotiaiden tyttöjen ja poikien mediankäyttö. Helsinki Nuorisotutkimusverkosto

[35] S. Tuominen 2013 Toiminnallisuutta nettikasvatukseen R. KupiainenS. KotilainenK. NikunenA. Suoninen Lapset netissä - Puheenvuoroja lasten ja nuorten netin käytöstä ja riskeistä. Helsinki Mediakasvatusseura 92 100

[36] B.M. Tynes 2007 Internet Safety Gone Wild? Sacrificing the Educational and Psychosocial Benefits of Online Social Environments Journal of Adolescent Research, 22 6 575 584

[37] P. WisniewskiH. XuM.B. RossonJ.M. Carrol 2014 Adolescent online safety: the "moral" of the story Proc. CSCW 2014. 1258 1271

[38] P. WisniewskiH. JiaN. WangS. ZhengH. XuM.B. RossonJ.M. Carroll 2015 Resilience Mitigates the Negative Effects of Adolescent Internet Addiction and Online Risk Exposure Proc. CHI 2015. 4029 4038

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[40] S. YardiA. Bruckman 2011 Social and technical challenges in parenting teens' social media use Proc. CHI 2011. 3237 3246

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