Cyber-Risk And Youth: Digital Citizenship, Privacy And Surveillance

Description

Cyber-risks are moving targets and societal responses to combat cyber-victimization are often met by the distrust of young people. Drawing on original research, this book explores how young people define, perceive, and experience cyber-risks, how they respond to both the messages they are receiving from society regarding their safety online, and the various strategies and practices employed by society in regulating their online access and activities. This book complements existing quantitative examinations of cyberbullying assessing its extent and frequency, but also aims to critique and extend knowledge of how cyber-risks such as cyberbullying are perceived and responded to. Following a discussion of their methodology and their experiences of conducting research with teens, the authors discuss the social network services that teens are using and what they find appealing about them, and address teens’ experiences with and views towards parental and school-based surveillance. The authors then turn directly to areas of concern expressed by their participants, such as relational aggression, cyberhacking, privacy, and privacy management, as well as sexting. The authors conclude by making recommendations for policy makers, educators and teens – not only by drawing from their own theoretical and sociological interpretations of their findings, but also from the responses and recommendations given by their participants about going online and tackling cyber-risk. One of the first texts to explore how young people respond to attempts to regulate online activity, this book will be key reading for those involved in research and study surrounding youth crime, cybercrime, youth culture, media and crime, and victimology – and will inform those interested in addressing youth safety online how to best approach what is often perceived as a sensitive and volatile social problem. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Series Page......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 About the Authors......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 10 1 Introduction......Page 12 Exploring the experiences of youth and cyber-risk in Canada......Page 14 Chapter overview......Page 16 References......Page 21 2 Research focus and methodology......Page 24 Research design: focus groups......Page 25 Our participants: the sample......Page 26 Process......Page 28 Data analysis......Page 29 References......Page 33 Introduction......Page 36 What draws youth online: social connection and offline peer groups......Page 38 Addiction, social acceptance, and the fear of missing out......Page 43 Discussion: the amplification of anxiety......Page 52 References......Page 55 Introduction......Page 60 A teenaged panoptic wasteland......Page 64 Parental monitoring: best intentions, coercive surveillance, and having nothing to hide......Page 66 School-based mediation: obedience, resistance, and belief in surveillance efficacy......Page 70 Discussion......Page 74 References......Page 76 Introduction......Page 81 Cyberbullying and drama: frequency and saliency......Page 82 Cyberbullying and drama: offline saliency......Page 83 Cyberbullying and drama: gender norms......Page 85 Digital self-harm: a side note......Page 89 Hackers and privacy breaches......Page 91 Discussion......Page 96 References......Page 99 Introduction......Page 102 Privacy: theoretical approaches and relevance online......Page 103 Feeling out of control online: privacy breaches and strategies......Page 104 Moving beyond Facebook: it’s about privacy management......Page 106 Breach of employment and educational prospects......Page 110 Age and the “nothing to hide” mindset......Page 113 Discussion......Page 115 Notes......Page 117 References......Page 118 Introduction......Page 122 Gender, hegemonic masculinity, and risk......Page 123 Gendered risk and identity negotiating across private and public spaces......Page 124 Sexting and the salient double standard......Page 126 Gendered spaces: public versus private?......Page 128 Debating “dick pics”: gendered conceptions and consequences......Page 131 Gendered online “safety” messages......Page 135 Discussion......Page 137 References......Page 139 8 Policies, practices, and concluding thoughts......Page 143 Social connection, addiction, and the fear of missing out......Page 144 “Tough love”? Monitoring and surveillance of teens in cyberspace......Page 147 Relational aggression, school programs, and gendered realities......Page 150 Digital sexual expression and the persistence of the gendered double standard......Page 153 Privacy mindsets: neoliberalism and having nothing to hide......Page 156 Future research......Page 157 References......Page 161 Index......Page 168