Children Internet Usage: Opportunities for Self Development

Omar, Siti Zobidah; Daud, Azlina; Hassan, Md. Salleh; Bolong, Jusang; Teimmouri, Misha

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.10.259

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“…Amongst children who indulged in content-based activities, those from the urban area showed to be more active than their rural counterparts. These findings revealed a different pattern in comparison to other studies conducted in European countries, where the children's top Internet activity is related to studying (85%), followed by playing games (83%) and watching video clips (76%) (Omar et al, 2014).…”

Section: Personal Self-development Opportunitiescontrasting

confidence: 89%

“…In Asia, particularly in Malaysia, the use of the Internet in education has been studied extensively by many researchers and, based on various findings, it was reported that amongst those who partook in the surveys, the majority of children engage with the Internet in their study on a regular basis, either daily or weekly (Omar, Daud, Hassan, Bolong,and Teimmouri, 2014;Soh, Yan, San Ong and Teh, 2012). The study by Singapore-based SuperAwesome Asia highlighted the fact that approximately 70 million children from South East Asia countries, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, would prefer using the Internet, including, for example, browsing Youtube, than watching television (Getzler, 2016).…”

Section: School Children Use Of the Internet And The Vietnamese Edmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Primary education in Vietnam and pupil online engagement

Nguyen

Naguib

Das

et al. 2018

IJEM

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Purpose This paper focuses on exploring the disparities in social awareness and use of the Internet between urban and rural school children in the North of Vietnam. ApproachA total of 525 pupils, aged 9 to 11 years old, randomly selected from 7 urban and rural schools, who are Internet users, participated in the study and consented to responding to a questionnaire adapted from an equivalent European Union (EU) study. A comparative statistical analysis of the responses was then carried out, using IBM SPSS v21, which consisted of a descriptive analysis, an identification of personal self-development opportunities, as well as issues related to pupils' digital prowess and knowledge of Internet use, and Internet safety, including parental engagement in their offspring's online activities. FindingsThe study highlights the fact that children from both the urban and rural regions of the North of Vietnam mostly access the Internet from home, but with more children in the urbanized areas accessing it at school than their rural counterparts. Although children from the rural areas scored lower on all the Internet indicators, such as digital access and online personal experience and awareness, there was no disparity in awareness of Internet risks between the two sub-samples. It is noteworthy that there was no statistically significant gender difference towards online activities that support self-development. In relation to safe Internet usage, children are likely to seek advice from their parents, rather than through teachers or friends. However, they are not yet provided with an effective safety net while exposing themselves to the digital world.

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Section: Personal Self-development Opportunitiescontrasting

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Section: School Children Use Of the Internet And The Vietnamese Edmentioning

confidence: 99%

Primary education in Vietnam and pupil online engagement

Nguyen

Naguib

Das

et al. 2018

IJEM

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“…Children can use the same internet for their self-development. Various videos are available on the internet platform to develop their skills (Omar et al 2014 ). The internet is a blessing to the present generation as it was not available to the previous generations.…”

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Investigation on the impacts of COVID-19 quarantine on society and environment: Preventive measures and supportive technologies

Kumaravel¹,

Subramani²,

Sivakumar³

et al. 2020

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The present outbreak of the novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, epicentered in China in December 2019, has spread to many other countries. The entire humanity has a vital responsibility to tackle this pandemic and the technologies are being helpful to them to a greater extent. The purpose of the work is to precisely bring scientific and general awareness to the people all around the world who are currently fighting the war against COVID-19. It's visible that the number of people infected is increasing day by day and the medical community is tirelessly working to maintain the situation under control. Other than the negative effects caused by COVID-19, it is also equally important for the public to understand some of the positive impacts it has directly or indirectly given to society. This work emphasizes the various impacts that are created on society as well as the environment. As a special additive, some important key areas are highlighted namely, how the modernized technologies are aiding the people during the period of social distancing. Some effective technological implications carried out by both information technology and educational institutions are highlighted. There are also several steps taken by the state government and central government in each country in adopting the complete lockdown rule. These steps are taken primarily to prevent the people from COVID-19 impact. Moreover, the teachings we need to learn from the quarantine situation created to prevent further spread of this global pandemic is discussed in brief and the importance of carrying them to the future. Finally, the paper also elucidates the general preventive measures that have to be taken to prevent this deadly coronavirus, and the role of technology in this pandemic situation has also been discussed. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s13205-020-02382-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…However, policy-makers are concerned with the advancement of the Internet and have propagated the idea of shielding and segregating children from harm that may be caused from access to the Internet (Allen, 2001). In addition, although there are many benefits of the Internet to children (Omar, Daud, Hassan, Bolong & Teimmouri, 2014) the harm and dangers it poses to children is worrying (Kumaran, 2016) because the online informational privacy of children is threatened by children's participation in the digital world. Moreover, children are unconcerned about their privacy (including online privacy), or do not know how to protect their informational privacy and data which are of concern to adults (Allen, 2001).…”

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Right of Online Informational Privacy of Children in Malaysia: A Statutory Perspective

Ayub

Yusoff

2020

UUM Journal of Legal Studies

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The advantage of digital era with unlimited access to the Internet is enjoyed by most people globally including the young and children. However, policy-makers concern with the advancement of Internet and propagate the idea of shielding and segregating the children from the harm that may cause from access to the Internet, including breach of online privacy of the children. Children are not sensitive with their online privacy or do not know how to protect their online privacy. Hence, some countries have enacted specific legislation to protect the privacy of the children such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States of America or introduced self-regulatory initiatives on online child privacy like in the European Union. At the international level, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was introduced in 1989 by the United Nation to protect the children. In Malaysia, the government introduces the Child Act 2001 and the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017 to protect the children. However, how far these two Acts protect the online privacy of the children in Malaysia? Thus, the article seeks to examine the legal protection of children online informational privacy in Malaysia. The article adopts doctrinal research methodology which is mainly library research approach. The article finds that the current regimes of laws do not adequately protect the online privacy of the children in Malaysia. It is suggested that amendment or enactment of the laws to that effect be made.

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Children Internet Usage: Opportunities for Self Development

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Primary education in Vietnam and pupil online engagement

Primary education in Vietnam and pupil online engagement

Investigation on the impacts of COVID-19 quarantine on society and environment: Preventive measures and supportive technologies

Right of Online Informational Privacy of Children in Malaysia: A Statutory Perspective

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