TY - GEN
T1 - Grand Challenges of Researching Adolescent Online Safety
T2 - 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013
AU - Wisniewski, Pamela
AU - Carroll, John M.
AU - Xu, Heng
AU - Rosson, Mary Beth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Protecting adolescents from online safety risks is a major contemporary concern, and researching adolescent online safety is equally as challenging. Relatively few researchers have studied adolescent online safety, but the studies that do exist have documented threats from privacy breaches, cyberbullying, sexual predation, and other types of risk exposure. The grand challenge, however, is how we can approach these problems in a way that will protect adolescents while allowing them to engage socially online. We discuss two key challenges: operationalizing online safety; and defining online risks. We propose that Information Systems (IS) researchers should leverage family systems theory, a methodological approach grounded in developmental psychology, in order to address adolescent online safety issues.
AB - Protecting adolescents from online safety risks is a major contemporary concern, and researching adolescent online safety is equally as challenging. Relatively few researchers have studied adolescent online safety, but the studies that do exist have documented threats from privacy breaches, cyberbullying, sexual predation, and other types of risk exposure. The grand challenge, however, is how we can approach these problems in a way that will protect adolescents while allowing them to engage socially online. We discuss two key challenges: operationalizing online safety; and defining online risks. We propose that Information Systems (IS) researchers should leverage family systems theory, a methodological approach grounded in developmental psychology, in order to address adolescent online safety issues.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85185407847
SN - 9781629933948
T3 - 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
BT - 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World
PB - AIS/ICIS Administrative Office
Y2 - 15 August 2013 through 17 August 2013
ER -