Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Educating teens about the risks on social network sites. An intervention study in Secondary Education

Bibliographic Data

ID12484938
AuthorsEllen Vanderhoven (0000-0001-7373-1275, Yangon University of Economics, corresponding author), Tammy Schellens (0000-0002-3615-7347, Yangon University of Economics), Martin Valcke (0000-0001-9544-4197, Yangon University of Economics)
Year2014
Volume22
Issue43
Pages123-132
Publication date2014-04-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComunicar (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1134-3478 • E-ISSN: 1887-0198
PublisherGrupo Comunicar Ediciones (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.3916/c43-2014-12
OpenAlexW2159140698
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited30

The growing popularity of social network sites (SNS) is causing concerns about privacy and security, especially with teenagers since they show various forms of unsafe behavior on SNS. Media literacy emerges as a priority, and researchers, teachers, parents and teenagers all point towards the responsibility of the school to educate teens about risks on SNS and to teach youngsters how to use SNS safely. However, existing educational materials are not theoretically grounded, do not tackle all the specific risks that teens might encounter on SNS and lack rigorous outcome evaluations. Additionally, general media education research indicates that although changes in knowledge are often obtained, changes in attitudes and behavior are much more difficult to achieve. Therefore, new educational packages were developed –taking into account instructional guidelines- and a quasi-experimental intervention study was set up to find out whether these materials are effective in changing the awareness, attitudes or the behavior of teenagers on SNS. It was found that all three courses obtained their goal in raising the awareness about the risks tackled in this course. However, no impact was found on attitudes towards the risks, and only a limited impact was found on teenagers’ behavior concerning these risks. Implications are discussed. La creciente popularidad de las redes sociales (RS) está causando preocupación por la privacidad y la seguridad de los usuarios, particularmente de los adolescentes que muestran diversas formas de conductas de riesgo en las redes sociales. En este contexto, la alfabetización mediática emerge como una prioridad e investigadores, profesores, padres y adolescentes enfatizan la responsabilidad de la escuela de enseñar a los adolescentes acerca de los riesgos en RS y cómo utilizarlas sin peligro. Sin embargo, los materiales educativos existentes no están teóricamente fundamentados, no abordan todos los riesgos específicos que los adolescentes pueden encontrar en las redes y carecen de evaluaciones de resultados. Además, estudios acerca de la educación mediática indican que, mientras los cambios a nivel de conocimientos suelen obtenerse fácilmente cambios en las actitudes y el comportamiento son mucho más difíciles de lograr. Por este motivo, nuevos paquetes educativos han sido desarrollados teniendo en cuenta directrices educativas. Posteriormente se llevó a cabo un estudio de intervención cuasi-experimental a fin de verificar si estos materiales son eficaces para cambiar el conocimiento, las actitudes y el comportamiento de los adolescentes en las redes sociales. El estudio constató que los cursos obtienen su objetivo en la sensibilización de los riesgos tratados. Sin embargo, no se observó ningún impacto en las actitudes hacia el riesgo, y el impacto en el comportamiento de los adolescentes en relación con estos riesgos fue limitado. Las implicaciones de este estudio son discutidas

Intervention (counseling · Point (geometry · Popularity · Set (abstract data type · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

  • Media literacy interventions

    Open Access•Hyunyi Cho, Christopher J Carpenter et al.•Human Communication Research•2025

  • Uso inadecuado de tecnología por alumnado de Enseñanza Obligatoria

    Open Access•Fernando Fraga-Varela, Esther Vila-Couñago et al.•Revista Complutense de Educación•2024

  • Correlates of social media fatigue and academic performance decrement

    Open Access•Aqdas Malik, Amandeep Dhir et al.•Information Technology and People•2020

  • Peligros de las redes sociales

    Open Access•Cristel Astorga-Aguilar, Ileana Schmidt-Fonseca•Revista Electrónica Educare•2019

  • Gender stereotypes 2.0

    Open Access•Ursula Oberst, Ander Chamarro et al.•Comunicar•2016

  • La mina de Aznalcóllar en Twitter años después del vertido

    Open Access•María Rut Jiménez Liso, María Rut Jiménez-Liso•Estudios sobre el Mensaje…•2019

  • Decreasing Risky Behavior on Social Network Sites

    Open Access•Ellen Vanderhoven, Tammy Schellens et al.•The Journal of Primary Prevention•2016

  • Essential Elements of Digital Citizenship

    Open Access•Emily Stellmann, Liyan Song•TechTrends•2024

  • Special issue

    Open Access•Raquel Escortell, Bonnie Delgado et al.•Child & Family Social Work•2023

  • Adjusting for multiple testing—when and how?

    Open Access•Ralf Bender, Stefan Lange•Journal of Clinical Epidemiology•2001

  • Youth engaging in online harassment

    Open Access•Michele L Ybarra, Kimberly Mitchell et al.•Journal of Adolescence•2004

  • The theory of planned behavior

    Open Access•Icek Ajzen•Organizational Behavior and Human…•1991

  • The Role of Tutoring in Problem Solving

    Open Access•David Wood, Jerome S Bruner et al.•Journal of Child Psychology and…•1976

  • Gender Differences in Privacy-Related Measures for Young Adult Facebook Users

    Mariea Grubbs Hoy, George R Milne et al.•Journal of Interactive Advertising•2010

  • (Im)maturity of judgment in adolescence

    Open Access•Elizabeth Cauffman, Laurence Steinberg•Behavioral Sciences & the Law•2000

  • Interventions to Prevent and Reduce Cyber Abuse of Youth

    Open Access•Faye Mishna, Charlene Cook et al.•Research on Social Work Practice•2011

  • Challenges and Risks of Internet Use by Children. How to Empower Minors

    Open Access•Santiago Tejedor, Santiago Tejedor-Calvo et al.•Comunicar•2012

  • The ConRed Program, an Evidence-based Practice

    Open Access•Rosario Del Rey, Rosario del-Rey-Alamillo et al.•Comunicar•2012

  • Social Networks and Young People. Comparative Study of Facebook between Colombia and Spain

    Open Access•Ana Almansa-Martínez, O Da Fonseca et al.•Comunicar•2013

  • Social Network Profiles as Taste Performances

    Open Access•Hugo Liu•Journal of Computer-Mediated…•2007

  • Publicly Private and Privately Public

    Open Access•Patricia G Lange•Journal of Computer-Mediated…•2007

  • Facebook and Online Privacy

    Open Access•Bernhard Debatin, Jennette Lovejoy et al.•Journal of Computer-Mediated…•2009

  • Risky Disclosures on Facebook

    Open Access•Emily Christofides, Amy Muise et al.•Journal of Adolescent Research•2012

  • In search of how people change

    James O Prochaska, Janice Prochaska et al.•American Psychologist•1992

  • Media Literacy and the Challenge of New Information and Communication Technologies

    Sonia Livingstone•The Communication Review•2004

  • What works in prevention

    Maury Nation, Cindy A Crusto et al.•American Psychologist•2003

  • Some Effects of 'Social Desirability' in Survey Studies

    Derek L Phillips, Kevin J Clancy•American Journal of Sociology•1972

Citations per year0.9
Citation span2016 - 2025 (10)
Highly citedNo

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae