Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections

A quick journey through prevention science (e.g., substance misuse prevention) and a comparison between online and offline risks, harm, and vulnerability in children suggests that new approaches and interventions are needed to promote Internet safety and minimise the new sources of risk associated w...

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Main Authors: Vallejos, Elvira Perez, Pothong, Kruakae, Coleman, Stephen, Koene, Ansgar, Carter, Chris James, Statache, Ramona, Rodden, Tom, McAuley, Derek, Cano, Monica, Adolphs, Svenja, O'Malley, Claire
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author Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Pothong, Kruakae
Coleman, Stephen
Koene, Ansgar
Carter, Chris James
Statache, Ramona
Rodden, Tom
McAuley, Derek
Cano, Monica
Adolphs, Svenja
O'Malley, Claire
author_facet Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Pothong, Kruakae
Coleman, Stephen
Koene, Ansgar
Carter, Chris James
Statache, Ramona
Rodden, Tom
McAuley, Derek
Cano, Monica
Adolphs, Svenja
O'Malley, Claire
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description A quick journey through prevention science (e.g., substance misuse prevention) and a comparison between online and offline risks, harm, and vulnerability in children suggests that new approaches and interventions are needed to promote Internet safety and minimise the new sources of risk associated with accessing the Internet. In this paper we present a new methodological approach to promote digital literacy and positively influence the way in which young people interact with the Internet: iRights Youth Juries. These juries offer a solution for the challenge of how to engage children and young people in activities that, rather than simply promoting Internet safety, aim to provide the knowledge and the confidence required for developing healthy digital citizens. This approach thus begins to move beyond the notion of the Internet as a simple cause of social change, approaching it instead as an opportunity to engage knowledgeably with the digital world and maximise citizenship.
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spelling nottingham-499842020-05-04T17:17:44Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49984/ Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections Vallejos, Elvira Perez Pothong, Kruakae Coleman, Stephen Koene, Ansgar Carter, Chris James Statache, Ramona Rodden, Tom McAuley, Derek Cano, Monica Adolphs, Svenja O'Malley, Claire A quick journey through prevention science (e.g., substance misuse prevention) and a comparison between online and offline risks, harm, and vulnerability in children suggests that new approaches and interventions are needed to promote Internet safety and minimise the new sources of risk associated with accessing the Internet. In this paper we present a new methodological approach to promote digital literacy and positively influence the way in which young people interact with the Internet: iRights Youth Juries. These juries offer a solution for the challenge of how to engage children and young people in activities that, rather than simply promoting Internet safety, aim to provide the knowledge and the confidence required for developing healthy digital citizens. This approach thus begins to move beyond the notion of the Internet as a simple cause of social change, approaching it instead as an opportunity to engage knowledgeably with the digital world and maximise citizenship. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2015-09-05 Article PeerReviewed Vallejos, Elvira Perez, Pothong, Kruakae, Coleman, Stephen, Koene, Ansgar, Carter, Chris James, Statache, Ramona, Rodden, Tom, McAuley, Derek, Cano, Monica, Adolphs, Svenja and O'Malley, Claire (2015) Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections. Computers and Society, 45 (3). pp. 84-90. ISSN 0095-2737 Digital rights Internet safety children and young people vignettes drama education engagement https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2874239.2874252 doi:10.1145/2874239.2874252 doi:10.1145/2874239.2874252
spellingShingle Digital rights
Internet safety
children and young people
vignettes
drama
education
engagement
Vallejos, Elvira Perez
Pothong, Kruakae
Coleman, Stephen
Koene, Ansgar
Carter, Chris James
Statache, Ramona
Rodden, Tom
McAuley, Derek
Cano, Monica
Adolphs, Svenja
O'Malley, Claire
Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title_full Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title_fullStr Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title_full_unstemmed Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title_short Juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
title_sort juries: acting out digital dilemmas to promote digital reflections
topic Digital rights
Internet safety
children and young people
vignettes
drama
education
engagement
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49984/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49984/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49984/