Mental Models of the Internet and Its Online Risks: Children and Their Parent(s)

Mai, Alexandra; Guelmino, Leonard; Pfeffer, Katharina; Weippl, Edgar; Krombholz, Katharina

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05563-8_4

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“…A perception of the internet as a global entity, The internet is everywhere, appeared in the dataset for the age ~ 8 (Eskelä-Haapanen & Kiili, 2019;Mai et al, 2022) and was also registered repeatedly in older groups. Note that this idea does not exclude the possibility of contradictory awareness of places without internet access.…”

Section: Other Ideasmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Unsurprisingly, a recurring theme is the 'Wi-Fi box' (i.e., a Wi-Fi router: often directly visible at home). Even ~ 7-year-olds (Mai et al, 2022;Mertala, 2019; unknown frequency) exhibited awareness of it.…”

Section: B Wi-fi Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the dataset, some children aged below 6-7 years were Familiar with internet-related activities but did not know the word (e.g., Mai et al, 2022;Mertala, 2019) or Knew the word 'internet' but could not associate it with internet-related activities (Mertala, 2019).…”

Section: B Internet-related Activities and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Less frequent is the conception of storage in Satellites or Only inside user devices (e.g., Papastergiou, 2005), possibly obsolete misconceptions Inside the modem (Hammond & Rogers, 2007), or rare ideas, e.g., "in clouds up in the sky" (Brinda & Braun, 2017). Weak evidence indicates that some of these conceptions can be present also among 6-9-yearolds (Eskelä-Haapanen & Kiili, 2019;Mai et al, 2022;Fig. 8), but the youngestcohort studies rarely examined the idea of storage explicitly.…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘The internet is in the satellites!’: A systematic review of 3–15-year-olds’ conceptions about the internet

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Children aged 3–15 frequently use internet-enabled technologies for leisure and educational purposes, yet they have limited knowledge about how the internet works. Literature also indicates that children possess varied and often contradictory internet-related ideas, which have not yet been systematized. This systematic review, drawing from 27 mixed-methods and qualitative studies (N = 2,214) from the last two decades (2002 – 2022), organizes these ideas through a thematic analysis with a specific focus on the age when individual child conceptions start to appear at the earliest. The findings are interpreted through the lenses of a Vygotskian framework. The results highlight 60 conceptions concerning general perceptions of the internet, internet infrastructure, and dataflow. Children appear to understand the internet primarily through their personal experiences. Perception of the internet as online activities is dominant in younger children, but also present among older ones. Children in all age groups are confused about what Wi-Fi really is; some equate it to the internet, others to the ‘Wi-Fi box’ (Wi-Fi router). The most knowledgeable older children view the internet as a global network with a complex internal, but only vaguely understood, structure. Typical reasoning among older children about the internet’s structure includes satellites, central computers or central towers. Only expert children know about distributed, server-like storage. These results imply that children at the K-8 level need to be familiarized gradually with how the internet works, but teaching them this topic may prove to be challenging. This review also highlights the limitations of existing literature and presents suggestions for future research and designing technology-based curricula.

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Section: Other Ideasmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: B Wi-fi Accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: B Internet-related Activities and Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The second is that blockchain technology may prove to be a significant breakthrough, and that some coins may be valuable assets that stake a claim to this technology's future. Liu et al's proposition is validated by other scholarly work [39,59,72] that often highlights similar user perceptions. In this thesis, we wish to expand on these works and consider wider perspectives of both those who choose and choose not to purchase cryptocurrencies to better understand thought patterns around cryptocurrency purchase and ownership.…”

Section: Purchase and Non-purchase Motivationsmentioning

confidence: 81%

Investigating Factors Related to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) in End-User Cryptocurrency Behaviours

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Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt or FUD, is relatively understudied in relation to cryptocurrency. It is a feeling derived from negative cryptocurrency-related information and it prompts adverse sentiment. This thesis addresses knowledge gaps on FUD by exploring its relationship with trust, and cryptocurrency information-seeking practices. We conducted 23 semi-structured interviews with cryptocurrency adopters and non-adopters to investigate triggers of FUD, FUD-induced behaviours, and how people form trust assessments of cryptocurrency information. Using thematic analysis, we classified FUD triggers found in our data across the personal, societal, and systemic level. Furthermore, we identified how participants make either cursory, extensive, or negative trust assessments of cryptocurrency information using attachment and depth. To illustrate this process, we proposed a model of trust assessment pathways.We then provide four recommendations on combating FUD, and suggest areas of future work. I am extremely thankful to my wonderful supervisor Dr. Sonia Chiasson. This thesis would not have been possible if not for her encouragement, guidance, and flexibility in helping me navigate a master's program fully online. I don't think I could have asked for a better mentor to work with and learn from.I am also very thankful for my co-workers at D2L and Visa -two wonderful places I had the pleasure of working at during my master's. I'd like to give a quick shout-out to Lindsay, Dan, Ece, Nathan, John, and Halima. Thank you for your mentorship and support in becoming a better researcher.Moreover, a very special thanks goes to my family. I want to acknowledge the pivotal role that my Mom, Dad, Sahil, Riva, and Bibiji played in making this entire thesis happen. And lastly, to my friends, cousins, and peers in the HCI program: thank you all for checking in and keeping me sane at each and every step.To you all, I give my most sincerest and heartfelt gratitude.

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Digitaler Haushalt und Markt

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Bossauer,

Pakusch

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Verbraucherinformatik

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ZusammenfassungIn diesem Kapitel werden die Perspektive des Privathaushalts und die Perspektive des Marktes erörtert. Ein:e Verbraucher:in, welche:r innerhalb eines Haushalts zur Bedürfnisbefriedigung wirtschaftet, erledigt dabei Hausarbeit durch Kochen, Putzen, Waschen, tätigt den Abschluss von Verträgen, die Pflege von Einkaufslisten oder eine Finanzplanung. Dabei haben Verbraucher:innen unterschiedliche Praktiken und Bewältigungsstrategien entwickelt, die es in der Verbraucherinformatik zu analysieren gilt. Physische Hausarbeit wird bereits im Smart-Home-Kontext durch intelligente Maschinen (oft Roboter genannt) ausgelagert. Kognitive Hausarbeit im alltäglichen Handeln (bspw. bei Verträgen) kann und wird in Zukunft durch Software wie auch Intermediäre unterstützt werden. Digitale Märkte stellen eine häufige Form der Intermediation dar, die Besonderheiten und Effekten unterliegt, welche das Verbraucherverhalten beeinflussen können. So gewinnen zum Beispiel einige wenige Anbieter mithilfe von Netzwerkeffekten, Skaleneffekten und Lock-in-Effekten zunehmend an Marktdominanz und verdrängen kleinere Anbieter, was zu Quasimonopolen führen kann. Digitale Märkte zeichnen sich zudem durch ihre Vertrauensfunktion in der Internet-Ökonomie aus.

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Mental Models of the Internet and Its Online Risks: Children and Their Parent(s)

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

‘The internet is in the satellites!’: A systematic review of 3–15-year-olds’ conceptions about the internet

‘The internet is in the satellites!’: A systematic review of 3–15-year-olds’ conceptions about the internet

Investigating Factors Related to Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) in End-User Cryptocurrency Behaviours

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