"What exactly is a paedophile?" Children talking about Internet risk
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Medienpädagogik
Jahrbuch

Zitationsvorschlag

Burn, Andrew, und Rebekah Willett. 2017. „‚What Exactly Is a paedophile?‘ Children Talking about Internet Risk“. MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie Und Praxis Der Medienbildung 5 (Jahrbuch Medienpädagogik):237-54. https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/retro/2017.09.12.X.

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Abstract

Reports tell us that the internet is opening new dangers to children, including online grooming, exposure to pornography and financial scams (Carr 2004; Gardner 2003; UK Home Office 2001; O'Connell 2003). The result has been various initiatives which attempt to teach children safe surfing habits. The UK Home Office "ThinkUKnow" campaign featured advertisements on the radio, internet and cinemas, targeting teens and preteens with the message that the person they are chatting to "may not be who you think they are". There are indications that such campaigns have had an impact on children's awareness of "stranger danger" on the internet (Livingstone/Bober 2003). However, many organisations are still struggling with the question of how best to prevent internet-related harm to children. Children are exposed not only to advertising campaigns about stranger danger but also sensationalist stories about, for example, what happens to girls who enter chat rooms. When a teenage girl goes missing, police investigations routinely include looking at the girls' online activities, and tabloid media frequently make the connection between missing school girls and chat room activities. These connections are firmly embedded in the minds of the children we interviewed for the study we will be discussing. Alongside the very rational and prohibitive discourse coming from campaigns which warn children against any chat with strangers, sit the folkloric stories about girls meeting up and getting killed by paedophiles. The challenge to educators is to find an approach which will engage with both sets of discourses.
https://doi.org/10.21240/mpaed/retro/2017.09.12.X