Social Science Computer Review - State of the art of computing in the social sciences, 1999
Using online role play to teach internet safety awareness
Computers & Education
Exploring primary pupils' experiences and understandings of `e-safety'
Education and Information Technologies
Internet parenting styles and the impact on Internet use of primary school children
Computers & Education
Long-term study of safe Internet use of young children
Computers & Education
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In this study, 1700 primary school pupils (4th, 5th, and 6th grade) of 78 schools in Flanders and their headmasters were questioned about their use of the Internet and their perception and behaviour as to safe Internet use. The results indicate that, next to the expected high level of Internet use at home, there is clear evidence of unsafe Internet use. Exploration of the data reveals that, of the currently taken specific interventions to promote safe Internet use and (un)safe Internet behaviour, only parent control seems to be significantly related to lower degrees of unsafe behaviour. No school-based interventions seem to be associated with the level of unsafe Internet use. The nature of current school-based interventions is discussed and considered to be less effective to expect an impact at the behavioural level. Next to implications for future research, recommendations to reorient school policies and action lines are presented.