Beyond the Boundaries of the Sacred Garden: Children and the Internet

Beyond the Boundaries of the Sacred Garden: Children and the Internet

Concern about children and the Internet is the latest in a ritual cycle of moral panics surrounding new technologies. Such panics often focus on children and are related to adult anxieties surrounding the transgression of boundaries including those between adult/child, private/public, and work/leisu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Information technology in childhood education annual 2003, Vol.2003 (1), p.309
Hauptverfasser: Quigley, Marian, Blashki, Kathy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Access to Information
Australia
Child Advocacy
Child Development
Foreign Countries
Futures (of Society)
Influence of Technology
Information Policy
Information Technology
Internet
Mass Media Effects
Parent Attitudes
Science and Society
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Zusammenfassung:Concern about children and the Internet is the latest in a ritual cycle of moral panics surrounding new technologies. Such panics often focus on children and are related to adult anxieties surrounding the transgression of boundaries including those between adult/child, private/public, and work/leisure. They are also founded on technological determinist accounts of media and an essentialist view of childhood. (Contains 8 notes.)
ISSN:1522-8185