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Navigating onlife privacy: a family environment perspective on children's moral principles
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Abstract This article illuminates which moral principles children and their parents invoke to explain onlife privacy-related practices from a family ecological and narrative approach. It draws on a focused ethnographic study with 10 Flemish socially privileged families with a keen interest in digital technol... view more
This article illuminates which moral principles children and their parents invoke to explain onlife privacy-related practices from a family ecological and narrative approach. It draws on a focused ethnographic study with 10 Flemish socially privileged families with a keen interest in digital technologies and at least one child entering their teenage years. We analyse our data through the analytical lens of a sociopsychological framework that considers children's privacy experiences from three dimensions: self-ego, environmental, and interpersonal. Overall, this article concludes that while risk-averse concerns are present in both the parents' and children’s narratives about onlife privacy, parents have allowed their maturing children considerable privacy and leeway. Also, both parents and children articulated the importance of respecting one another’s privacy. We frame this set of principles as ‘quadruple R’: responsibility, risk, reputation, and respect for privacy.... view less
Keywords
child; adolescent; family; morality; privacy; data protection; digitalization; technology; social psychology
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Interactive, electronic Media
Social Psychology
Free Keywords
emerging teenagers; family environment; onlife
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 185-196
Journal
Media and Communication, 8 (2020) 4
Issue topic
Children's voices on privacy management and data responsibilization
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed