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Recently, the Internet is accessible by the children in the rural area. The purpose of this paper is to understand what affects their true information findings based on the analysis of the survey. Data collection is obtained from the secondary school students (N=237) in Serian, a rural area of Sarawak. A self-administered questionnaire was conducted in three public secondary schools to obtain a socio-demographic...
Children use Internet in a daily activity both at home and school. Despite the benefits that Internet might has for children, there are risks surrounded children that we must recognise and be careful of it. Internet use has serious risks including child sexual harassment and child pornography. Unfortunately, cyber criminals take advantages of technological advancement and exposed young people as they...
The relation between life domains satisfaction and overall life satisfaction, values, internal/external perceived control and the option of planning or by chance searching information on the Internet has been explored in a sample of Spanish adolescents aged 12 to 16 (N=968). Age and sex differences have been examined. Results clearly confirm a positive relation between satisfaction with life domains...
Query suggestions (QS) tailored specifically for children are slowly gaining research attention in response to the growth in Internet use by children. Even though QS offered by popular search engines adequately meet the information needs of the general public, they do not achieve equivalent effectiveness from a child's perspective. This is because children's search behaviors, interests, cognitive...
With the rapid increase of internet use by children worldwide, and the diversity of electronic tools used to surf the Internet, parents are becoming more concerned than ever about the safety of their children and their protection from harmful materials and risks associated with their Internet use. The study aims to investigate parental involvement in children's Internet use, their awareness and mediation...
We review current technical and social barriers to COPPA compliance for popular online services aimed at children. We show that complying with COPPA has proven difficult for developers, even when a genuine attempt was made. We investigate reasons for this lack of compliance and identify common causes: specifically, difficulties obtaining verifiable parental control as well as supply mechanisms for...
The purpose of this study was to assess the educational divide and computer literacy among primary school students located in a rural school as well as an urban one Specifically the places are in Sabak Bernam and Shah Alam, Selangor. Demographic profiles play an important part in determining the education divide between the schools such as family background, income, parents' educational qualification...
As children nowadays are getting smarter and more technology wise compared to their own parent, the combination of traditional education method with the technology had help to equip the children with skills regarding to the technology. Even though having all this early exposure towards technology wise is a good idea, however we still need to consider the capability of children at their early stage...
The new age of mobile communication brought on by the internet has meant that people now have mobile access to a wealth of information and services. Although the benefits of mobile information access are acknowledged through the empowering influence over its audience, a concern is noted with reference to largely uncensored forums offering mobile communication exchange to children. The proliferation...
This paper explores the need to teach our children to become digital citizens, creating a culture of responsibility which will enable them to navigate the various risks inherent in using the Internet. FOSI's Global Resource and Information Directory (GRID) is the first of a new generation of online global resources that aggregate and track the progress citizens around the world are making as they...
We can easily use Media all the time and out students show their interest of using Media. The definition of Media include many parts. Among these, the reason of choosing Internet is the usefulness. People easily contact and use it. I had to combine English and Internet. And I chose the more interesting text, children's literature. The merit of children's literature contain many things. Using this...
The paper discusses the researcher's ongoing experience in building a community portal for (underserved) children in Malaysia. This project is a joint venture between the E-Community Research Center, National University of Malaysia, and a government agency, as an effort to bridge digital divide in Malaysia. Children have been identified as one of the marginalized groups due to their economic status/power...
In our project, we are developing a system that facilitates the hospitalized children with chronic illness to narrate and share their stories. In this system, children aged K-6th grade can create their own and co-construct narratives with peers and bedside teachers in a multi-user environment. The MNS system incorporates features of synchronous and asynchronous communications that afford various kinds...
The Internet is filled with opportunities for learning, communicating, and sharing information. It is a valuable resource for children and adults alike. Like any large community, however, the online world presents some underlying risks, especially for children. Parents need to be aware of some of the potential problems their children could encounter, and try to take adequate measures to protect their...
The growing significance of the internet in our lives raises many questions for parents, such as access and inequalities, the nature and quality of use, the implications for education, family life and social relationships and the balance between online risks and opportunities, In this paper, data mining will be applied to discover the relationship between Internet, parents and children by classification,...
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