Children’s meetings offline with people met online: a pan-European study of their characteristics and differences

BARBOVSCHI, Monica. Children’s meetings offline with people met online: a pan-European study of their characteristics and differences. Journal of Children and Media. Routledge, 2012, roč. 6/2012. ISSN 1748-2798. doi:10.1080/17482798.2012.739760.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Children’s meetings offline with people met online: a pan-European study of their characteristics and differences
• Autoři: BARBOVSCHI, Monica.
• Vydání: Journal of Children and Media, Routledge, 2012, 1748-2798.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Organizační jednotka: Fakulta sociálních studií
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2012.739760
• Klíčová slova anglicky: internet; children; online risks
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

Building on EU Kids Online data, this article deals with the psycho-social context of children's meetings with “complete strangers” as opposed to meetings with “friends of friends”, that is, people who are already connected to their social network. The original contribution of this article lies in the distinction operated between the types of people met this way for several measures of internet use and the children's psychological characteristics. The study hypothesizes children who met any type of online contacts (“friends of friends”, “complete strangers” or “both”) to be heavier internet users than children who met no one. Moreover, children who met “complete strangers” or “both” were expected to report higher levels of risk-taking behaviour online and offline than children who met “friends of friends” or no one. The same relations were hypothesized for the psychological characteristics. Finally, harm was expected to occur more in the case of meetings with “complete strangers” or “both” than in the case of meetings with “friends of friends”. Building on EU Kids Online data, this article deals with the psycho-social context of children's meetings with “complete strangers” as opposed to meetings with “friends of friends”, that is, people who are already connected to their social network. The original contribution of this article lies in the distinction operated between the types of people met this way for several measures of internet use and the children's psychological characteristics. The study hypothesizes children who met any type of online contacts (“friends of friends”, “complete strangers” or “both”) to be heavier internet users than children who met no one. Moreover, children who met “complete strangers” or “both” were expected to report higher levels of risk-taking behaviour online and offline than children who met “friends of friends” or no one. The same relations were hypothesized for the psychological characteristics. Finally, harm was expected to occur more in the case of meetings with “complete strangers” or “both” than in the case of meetings with “friends of friends”.