Children and Digital Wellbeing in Australia

Online regulation, conduct and competence

Bibliographic Data

ID21190862
AuthorsBjørn Nansen (0000-0001-6215-8768, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Kabita Chakraborty (Corporación Universitaria del Meta, corresponding author), Lisa Gibbs (0000-0001-9702-6896, Deakin University, corresponding author), Colin Macdougall (0000-0002-1270-6823, Flinders University, corresponding author), Frank Vetere (0000-0003-3727-9204, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue2
Pages237-254
Publication date2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Children and Media (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-2798 • E-ISSN: 1748-2801
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17482798.2011.619548
OpenAlexW2095028837
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited33

This article contributes to the study of children and the internet by reporting on findings from an ethnographic study of children's online use, experience and regulation in Melbourne, Australia. As part of a social inclusion study of technology use, we worked with children and their families in the contexts of everyday and home internet use. This article begins by identifying age-related gaps in the literature on children's online risks, and then moves on to a discussion of the research findings relating to children's online mediation, conduct and competence. By developing a concept of digital wellbeing the article argues that rather than focus only on risk protection measures, it is important to equip children with the knowledge and skills to be active, ethical and critical participants online

Developmental psychology · Digital Inclusion · Ethnography · Mediation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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