Privacy, sociality and the failure of regulation: lessons learned from young Canadians’ online experiences

Steeves, Valerie; Roessler, Beate; Mokrosińska, Dorota

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107280557.014

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“…YouTube and Facebook are the two most popular social media sites with young people in North America [ 10 , 11 ]. Social media offer young people a forum for asking questions, receiving feedback, sharing personal stories, and receiving information about clinical services and related events.…”

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Preferences of Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis for Receiving Specialized Mental Health Services Using Technology: A Survey Study

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BackgroundDespite the potential and interest of using technology for delivering specialized psychiatric services to young adults, surprisingly limited attention has been paid to systematically assess their perspectives in this regard. For example, limited knowledge exists on the extent to which young people receiving specialized services for a first-episode psychosis (FEP) are receptive to using new technologies as part of mental health care, and to which types of technology-enabled mental health interventions they are amenable to.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to assess the interest of young adults with FEP in using technology to receive mental health information, services, and supports.MethodsThis study uses a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design. A convenience sample of 67 participants between the ages of 18 and 35 were recruited from two specialized early intervention programs for psychosis. Interviewer-administered surveys were conducted between December 2013 and October 2014. Descriptive statistics are reported.ResultsAmong the 67 respondents who completed the survey, the majority (85%, 57/67) agreed or strongly agreed with YouTube as a platform for mental health-related services and supports. The top five technology-enabled services that participants were amenable to were (1) information on medication (96%, 64/67); (2) information on education, career, and employment (93%, 62/67); (3) decision-making tools pertaining to treatment and recovery (93%, 62/67); (4) reminders for appointments via text messaging (93%, 62/67); and (5) information about mental health, psychosis, and recovery in general (91%, 61/67). The top self-reported barriers to seeking mental health information online were lack of knowledge on how to perform an Internet search (31%, 21/67) and the way information is presented online (27%, 18/67). Two thirds (67%; 45/67) reported being comfortable in online settings, and almost half (48%; 32/67) reported a preference for mixed formats when viewing mental health information online (eg, text, video, visual graphics).ConclusionsYoung people diagnosed with FEP express interest in using the Internet, social media, and mobile technologies for receiving mental health-related services. Increasing the awareness of young people in relation to various forms of technology-enabled mental health care warrants further attention. A consideration for future research is to obtain more in-depth knowledge on young people’s perspectives, which can help improve the design, development, and implementation of integrated technological health innovations within the delivery of specialized mental health care.

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Preferences of Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis for Receiving Specialized Mental Health Services Using Technology: A Survey Study

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“…The potential for marketers to reach Canadian children online is great given that 99 % of children have access to the Internet outside school ( 20 ) . According to recent research, 30 % of children in grades 6–12 are spending more than 2 h of their daily leisure time playing games or surfing the Internet on computers ( 21 ) .…”

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The effectiveness of self-regulation in limiting the advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages on children’s preferred websites in Canada

Kent¹,

Pauzé²

2018

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Therefore, it is unsurprising that the breadth of uses of digital technology for teen mothers changed from an education and entertainment focus in their early childhoods to more diverse uses later on, since digital technology itself is more diverse in terms of the activities offered and its increased mobility. For instance, in Canada in 2005, personal phone ownership was 23% among Grades 4 to 11, compared to 59% in 2013 (Steeves, 2014), and probably an even higher percentage today. All the teen mothers in the present study owned or had access to mobile devices.…”

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“…As digital technology use rose in society, it was paralleled by a similar use for these teen mothers. Again, to use Internet access as an example, by 2013, virtually all the Canadian students surveyed by MediaSmarts had access to the Internet inside and outside of school (Steeves, 2014); and in the United States, Internet use in the general population exceeded 90% (2015 Digital Future Report, 2015). Similarly, the teen mothers in this study all report that they now have access to and use multiple digital media devices.…”

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“…All the teen mothers in the present study owned or had access to mobile devices. Like the youth surveyed in 2005 by Media Smarts (Steeves, 2014), in their early years, teen mothers used digital technology for entertainment and educational purposes, but they differed in that they did not emphasize using technology much for communication. However, today, teen mothers’ breadth of digital technology uses is quite similar to that of their contemporaries (e.g.…”

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The role of digital technology in teen mothers’ and their children’s literacy

Murphy

Headley²

2018

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

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Teen mothers and their children are often seen as being involved in a cycle of low literacy. However, as people whose lives have paralleled societal changes in literacy and digital technology, there is a possibility that the literacy experiences of today’s teen mothers and their children differ from those of the past. This study explores the role of digital technology in the literacy lives of teen mothers and their children. Eight teen mothers were interviewed about their recollections of their early childhoods as well as their contemporary experiences with digital technology in their own lives and in the lives of their children. The early experiences of teen mothers were both educational and entertainment oriented, whereas their later experiences are quite varied. However, the experiences that their children have with digital technology and literacy reflect a prioritization of educational uses as well as a managed approach to their children’s engagements that also emphasizes the children’s interests and development.

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Privacy, sociality and the failure of regulation: lessons learned from young Canadians’ online experiences

Cited by 24 publications

References 3 publications

Preferences of Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis for Receiving Specialized Mental Health Services Using Technology: A Survey Study

Preferences of Young Adults With First-Episode Psychosis for Receiving Specialized Mental Health Services Using Technology: A Survey Study

The effectiveness of self-regulation in limiting the advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages on children’s preferred websites in Canada

The role of digital technology in teen mothers’ and their children’s literacy

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