I am what i eat: identity & critical thinking in an online health forum for kids

Authors:
Andrea Grimes Parker;Ian McClendon;Catherine Grevet;Victoria Ayo;WonTaek Chung;Veda Johnson;Elizabeth D. Mynatt
Affiliations:
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

Citing 8
Cited 1

Cooperative inquiry: developing new technologies for children with children

Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Identity construction environments: supporting a virtual therapeutic community of pediatric patients undergoing dialysis

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The future of e-learning communities

Communications of the ACM - Supporting community and building social capital
From Wikipedia to the classroom: exploring online publication and learning

ICLS '06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Learning sciences
Celebratory technology: new directions for food research in HCI

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
MunchCrunch: a game to learn healthy-eating heuristics

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Activity awareness in family-based healthy living online social networks

Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces
This is not a one-horse race: understanding player types in multiplayer pervasive health games for youth

Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Editorial: Designing for human-food interaction: An introduction to the special issue on 'food and interaction design'

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.01

Visualization

Abstract

As kids encounter food advertisements, it is important that they be able to critically evaluate the message's claims, the healthiness of the promoted product and their desire for it. To explore how technology might help kids develop these skills, we created an online forum called TalkBack that encourages children to critically analyze the messaging in food ads and their attitudes towards marketed foods. We evaluated TalkBack with twenty-eight middle school students in a summer camp program. We discuss how participants appeared to project and protect their sense of self through their interaction with TalkBack. We also describe the limited analytic depth of their forum contributions and suggest directions for HCI research that attempts to encourage critical thinking and health promotion in adolescents.