Dear Diary: Teens Reflect On Their Weekly Online Risk Experiences

Keywords

Adolescent online safety; Cyberbullying; Diary study; Explicit content; Information breaches; Privacy; Sexual solicitations

Abstract

In our study, 68 teens spend two months reflecting on their weekly online experiences and report 207 separate risk events involving information breaches, online harassment, sexual solicitations, and exposure to explicit content. We conduct a structured, qualitative analysis to characterize the salient dimensions of their risk experiences, such as severity, level of agency, coping strategies, and whether the teens felt like the situation had been resolved. Overall, we found that teens can potentially benefit from lower risk online situations, which allow them to develop crucial interpersonal skills, such as boundary setting, conflict resolution, and empathy. We can also use the dimensions of risk described in this paper to identify potentially harmful risk trajectories before they become high-risk situations. Our end goal is to find a way to empower and protect teens so that they can benefit from online engagement.

Publication Date

5-7-2016

Publication Title

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Number of Pages

3919-3930

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858317

Socpus ID

85015064475 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85015064475

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