A Digital Generation in Scrutiny. Children's Ideas about the Internet and the Online Information (Explorando una generación digital. Las ideas de los niños sobre internet y la información online)

Autor/inn/en	Enesco, Ileana; Sebastián-Enesco, Carla; Guerrero, Silvia; Varea, Elena; Barrios, Paula
Titel	A Digital Generation in Scrutiny. Children's Ideas about the Internet and the Online Information (Explorando una generación digital. Las ideas de los niños sobre internet y la información online)
Quelle	In: Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 45 (2022) 4, S.842-869 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sebastián-Enesco, Carla)
Sprache	englisch; spanisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0210-3702
DOI	10.1080/02103702.2022.2096294
Schlagwörter	Childrens Attitudes; Internet; Knowledge Level; Concept Formation; Misconceptions; Reliability; Elementary School Students; Preschool Children; Grade 1; Grade 3; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wissensbasis; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Missverständnis; Reliabilität; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	The internet has become a key environment for children's learning and leisure at an increasing early age. Yet, little is known about what children understand about the internet. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 111 children aged five to nine to assess their notions about the internet, the authorship of online content and the trustworthiness they attribute to it. Considering the socio-cognitive advances throughout these ages, we expected a significant improvement in children's concept of the internet. However, the results showed modest age differences, and only in some basic notions (e.g., internet functions). Misconceptions about the internet and naïve ideas about the reliability of its content were present at all ages. Only a very few older children envisaged the risk of finding malicious information online and the need to consult other sources in case of doubt. We discuss the necessity to address children's misconceptions at least from the beginning of primary school, when most of them are cognitively ready to understand many of the issues addressed in this study, provided they receive guided instruction. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01