Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles
Thirty-eight children in first and second grade completed a 10-item rating scale on Internet use at home and school. Results suggested that, in general, more children used the Internet at school than at home but home-based use was more often perceived as enjoyable. Three patterns of Internet use eme...
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| description | Thirty-eight children in first and second grade completed a 10-item rating scale on Internet use at home and school. Results suggested that, in general, more children used the Internet at school than at home but home-based use was more often perceived as enjoyable. Three patterns of Internet use emerged suggesting three types of young users: home-based users demonstrated extensive, comprehensive, and enjoyable use of the Internet at home coupled with limited and less enjoyable Internet use at school; school-oriented information seekers reported mainly visiting websites, both at home and at school, but school access was preferred; and school-oriented communicators indicated primarily using email, both at home and at school, but school use was preferred. Implications for Internet literacy in young school children are discussed. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-83852017-09-13T16:06:54Z Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles Johnson, Genevieve child development home-based users school-oriented communicators school-oriented users ecological techno-subsystem child internet use internet literacy Thirty-eight children in first and second grade completed a 10-item rating scale on Internet use at home and school. Results suggested that, in general, more children used the Internet at school than at home but home-based use was more often perceived as enjoyable. Three patterns of Internet use emerged suggesting three types of young users: home-based users demonstrated extensive, comprehensive, and enjoyable use of the Internet at home coupled with limited and less enjoyable Internet use at school; school-oriented information seekers reported mainly visiting websites, both at home and at school, but school access was preferred; and school-oriented communicators indicated primarily using email, both at home and at school, but school use was preferred. Implications for Internet literacy in young school children are discussed. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8385 10.1177/1476718X10379783 SAGE restricted |
| spellingShingle | child development home-based users school-oriented communicators school-oriented users ecological techno-subsystem child internet use internet literacy Johnson, Genevieve Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title | Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title_full | Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title_fullStr | Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title_short | Young children's Internet use at home and school: Patterns and Profiles |
| title_sort | young children's internet use at home and school: patterns and profiles |
| topic | child development home-based users school-oriented communicators school-oriented users ecological techno-subsystem child internet use internet literacy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8385 |