Following is one of the six articles found in the ERIC database:Question: Are social networking sites safe for preteens?
Database: ERIC
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communities - hits = 612
S2: safe or secure or protected or harmless - hits = 8927
S3: preteens or tweens or kids or children - hits = 249,869
S4: (social networking sites or chat rooms or blogs or online communities) AND (safe or secure or protected or harmless) AND (preteens or tweens or kids or children) - hits = 6
Title: Children and Their Digital Dossiers: Lessons in Privacy Rights in the Digital AgeIn addition to the citation pearl growing technique, the building block search is one that I frequently find myself using. It seems a much more efficient use of the search strategy than the specific facet or successive fraction methods.
Author(s): Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J.
Source: International Journal of Social Education, v21 n1 p135-147 Spr-Sum 2006. 13 pp. (Peer Reviewed Journal)
ISSN: 0889-0293
Descriptors: Privacy, Personal Autonomy, Child Advocacy, Access to Information, Information Policy, Information Technology, Internet, Electronic Libraries, Intellectual Freedom, Democratic Values, Confidentiality
Abstract: The right to privacy is a firmly entrenched democratic principle that has een inferred in the U.S. Constitution and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment as liberty of personal autonomy. It is the statutory right to privacy that has been most closely aligned with data protection as a form of self-protection. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has led efforts to enforce compliance with privacy. The statutory right of privacy limits access to personal information and has been extolled in the proliferation of privacy policies and legislation that control the collection of information about children on the Internet. Despite the longstanding tradition of
individuals controlling access to and use of personal information, technology has expanded the flow of identifiable data into the public domain. Students' rights and protections are emerging as a key public concern, and the public documentation and tracking of young lives through Web logs or blogs, e-journals, digital photos, Web pages, online profiles, radio frequency identification, and other forms of data surveillance have complicated efforts to safeguard young people's privacy protections in digital spaces. This article explores controversies over the protection of children's privacy in a digital age and discusses connections between online privacy, cyber-identity, and self-protection in a democratic society. (Contains 31 notes.)
Abstractor: ERIC
Language: English
Number of Pages: 13
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Availability: Full Text from ERICAvailable onlineInternational Journal of Social Education. Ball State University, Department of History, Muncie, IN 47306. Tel: 765-285-8700; Fax: 765-285-5612; Web site: http://www.bsu.edu/classes/cantu/journal.htm
Journal Code: JAN2008
Entry Date: 2008
Accession Number: EJ782348
