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The Potential of Digital Technologies for Transforming Informed Consent Practices with Children and Young People in Social Research
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Abstract How children and young people understand and exercise their autonomy, engagement and decision-making is fundamental to learning how to become active and engaged citizens, and to be socially included. Digital technologies are increasingly an integral part of children’s everyday lives and, therefore, ... view more
How children and young people understand and exercise their autonomy, engagement and decision-making is fundamental to learning how to become active and engaged citizens, and to be socially included. Digital technologies are increasingly an integral part of children’s everyday lives and, therefore, valuable tools for supporting social inclusion. This paper discusses how digital technologies might positively support autonomy, engagement and decision-making through the lens of informed consent practices within social research. Current research practices are dominated by paper-based methods for obtaining informed consent which could be exclusionary for children and young people generally, and children with additional learning and support needs in particular. Digital technologies (laptops, PCs, tablet devices, smartphones) offer the potential to support accessibility and understanding of ideas and activities, as well as engagement with and autonomy in decision-making and participation. This paper explores this potential as well as the challenges that researchers may face in this context. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
personality development; decision making process; information technology; adolescent; social integration; online media; communication technology; child; social participation; digital media; involvement; decision making
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Research Design
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 56-68
Journal
Social Inclusion, 3 (2015) 6
Issue topic
Inclusive Technologies and Learning
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution