Safety of Minors on Social Media Websites: Italian Parent Perceptions and Mitigation

Autor/inn/en	Dibenedetto, Stefania; Saxena, Deepak
Titel	Safety of Minors on Social Media Websites: Italian Parent Perceptions and Mitigation
Quelle	In: International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 13 (2022) 1, Artikel 96 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Saxena, Deepak)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2643-7996
Schlagwörter	Child Safety; Social Media; Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Prevention; Risk; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Risiko; Italien
Abstract	Safety of minors is one of the focus of parents and any social media company. Companies strive to design and improve safety policies to combat online abuse involving minors. However, parents play a much more critical role in the online safety of their children. The study explores parents' perception of social media risks and their level of awareness about minor safety on these platforms based on qualitative interviews conducted with 25 Italian parents. The results indicate that mothers are keener to use restrictions compared to fathers, most educated parents display more awareness as well as more trust in institutions and schools, whilst older parents are less likely to use mitigation strategies on their children, admitting their lack of ability to approach new technologies. For this reason, more support should be provided by institutions or social media platforms to parents less technical savvy, who do feel left behind new technological trends. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01