Dealing with misuse of personal information online – Coping measures of children in the EU Kids Online III project

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Authors

BARBOVSCHI Monica

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/comm.2014.39.issue-3/commun-2014-0114/commun-2014-0114.xml?format=INT
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/commun-2014-0114
Field Psychology
Keywords copin; problematic situations online; children; online safety
Description Children’s unpleasant experiences with misuse of their personal information online is among the rapidly increasing online ‘risks’. Among these, four were chosen for this study: dealing with their own hacked accounts, dealing with others’ fake accounts, dealing with fake accounts impersonating them and sending rude messages on their behalf with the intent of damaging their reputation, and dealing with receiving rude messages from hacked accounts of friends were reported as most bothersome in EU Kids Online III. These four subtypes of problematic situations related to privacy were strategically chosen to illustrate children’s coping responses to situations that are related but increasingly complex, distinctions related to whether situations involved peers or strangers, whether children were direct victims of hacked accounts, or recipients of unwelcomed or rude messages sent from fake profiles and/or hacked accounts. Furthermore, the four situations were chosen to develop a more inclusive coping typology for EU Kids Online data, which can span across different types of risks. This article relies heavily on theoretical work put forward by research on coping with general and specific stressors but integrates approaches to children’s dealing with online issues relevant for online safety measures.
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