Cyberheroes: An Interactive Ebook for Improving Children’s Online Privacy

We designed, illustrated, and developed Cyberheroes, an educational interactive ebook that teaches children about online privacy. The ebook was evaluated with children and parents, and had positive effects on children’s privacy knowledge, and improved their privacy-conscious behaviour.

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Leah Zhang-Kennedy

Sonia Chiasson

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 1-3

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[0001]Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.66

SO-VID: 7263a278-c523-4c8d-a90c-134e1e2c565f

Copyright statement: © Zhang-Kennedy et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of British HCI 2017 – Digital Make-Believe. Sunderland, UK.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Conference name: Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 31

Conference location: Sunderland, UK

Conference date: 3 - 6 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: digital make-believe, with delegates considering our expansive

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Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/

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Cyberheroes are available online at http://www.versipass.com/edusec/cyberheroes
Cyberheroes are available on ipads at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/cyberheroes/id1095724919?mt=8
L. Zhang-KennedyY. AbdelazizS. Chiasson 2017 Cyberheroes: The design and evaluation of an interactive ebook to educate children about online privacy (to appear) International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (IJCCI)
L. Zhang-KennedyC. MekhailY. AbdelazizS. Chiasson 2016 From nosy little brothers to stranger-danger: Children and parents’ perception of mobile threats In Interaction Design and Children 388 399 ACM

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[1] Cyberheroes are available online at http://www.versipass.com/edusec/cyberheroes

[2] Cyberheroes are available on ipads at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/cyberheroes/id1095724919?mt=8

[3] L. Zhang-KennedyY. AbdelazizS. Chiasson 2017 Cyberheroes: The design and evaluation of an interactive ebook to educate children about online privacy (to appear) International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction (IJCCI)

[4] L. Zhang-KennedyC. MekhailY. AbdelazizS. Chiasson 2016 From nosy little brothers to stranger-danger: Children and parents’ perception of mobile threats In Interaction Design and Children 388 399 ACM