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Title: Media representations and children’s discourses on online risks : findings from qualitative research in nine European countries
Authors: Mascheroni, Giovanna
Jorge, Ana
Farrugia, Lorleen
Keywords: Risk perception
Online social networks -- Safety measures
Awareness
Qualitative research
Internet and children
Mass media and children
Issue Date: 2014
Publisher: Masarykova Univerzita * Fakulta Socialnich Studii
Citation: Mascheroni, G., Jorge, A., & Farrugia, L. (2014). Media representations and children’s discourses on online risks: Findings from qualitative research in nine European countries. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 8(2), 2.
Abstract: Prior research has pointed to cross-national variations in media attention for online risks, which are then mirrored in parental concerns regarding the internet. However, little is known so far about how the discursive environment around opportunities and risks of the internet for children shapes the very context in which children’s own perceptions are developed and their online experiences are situated. The aim of this contribution is threefold: (1) to understand how and to what extent children’s perceptions of online risks incorporate media representations, parental worries and discourses circulating among peers; (2) to identify any age- or gender-specific patterns in the appropriation and conversion of media, parents’ and peers’ discourses; and (3) to identify whether there are cross-cultural variations in risk perceptions.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125463
ISSN: 18027962
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