Cyber-risks are moving targets and societal responses to combat cyber-victimization are often met by the distrust of young people. Drawing on original research, this book explores how young people define, perceive, and experience cyber-risks, how they respond to both the messages they are receiving from society regarding their safety online, and the various strategies and practices employed by society in regulating their online access and activities. This book complements existing quantitative examinations of cyberbullying assessing its extent and frequency, but also aims to critique and extend knowledge of how cyber-risks such as cyberbullying are perceived and responded to. Following a discussion of their methodology and their experiences of conducting research with teens, the authors discuss the social network services that teens are using and what they find appealing about them, and address teens’ experiences with and views towards parental and school-based surveillance. The authors then turn directly to areas of concern expressed by their participants, such as relational aggression, cyberhacking, privacy, and privacy management, as well as sexting. The authors conclude by making recommendations for policy makers, educators and teens – not only by drawing from their own theoretical and sociological interpretations of their findings, but also from the responses and recommendations given by their participants about going online and tackling cyber-risk. One of the first texts to explore how young people respond to attempts to regulate online activity, this book will be key reading for those involved in research and study surrounding youth crime, cybercrime, youth culture, media and crime, and victimology – and will inform those interested in addressing youth safety online how to best approach what is often perceived as a sensitive and volatile social problem.
Author(s): Michael C. Adorjan, Rosemary Ricciardelli
Series: Routledge Studies In Crime And Society
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 172
Tags: Internet And Youth, Privacy, Right Of., Computer Crimes: Prevention
Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Series Page......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
About the Authors......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 12
Exploring the experiences of youth and cyber-risk in Canada......Page 14
Chapter overview......Page 16
References......Page 21
2 Research focus and methodology......Page 24
Research design: focus groups......Page 25
Our participants: the sample......Page 26
Process......Page 28
Data analysis......Page 29
References......Page 33
Introduction......Page 36
What draws youth online: social connection and offline peer groups......Page 38
Addiction, social acceptance, and the fear of missing out......Page 43
Discussion: the amplification of anxiety......Page 52
References......Page 55
Introduction......Page 60
A teenaged panoptic wasteland......Page 64
Parental monitoring: best intentions, coercive surveillance, and having nothing to hide......Page 66
School-based mediation: obedience, resistance, and belief in surveillance efficacy......Page 70
Discussion......Page 74
References......Page 76
Introduction......Page 81
Cyberbullying and drama: frequency and saliency......Page 82
Cyberbullying and drama: offline saliency......Page 83
Cyberbullying and drama: gender norms......Page 85
Digital self-harm: a side note......Page 89
Hackers and privacy breaches......Page 91
Discussion......Page 96
References......Page 99
Introduction......Page 102
Privacy: theoretical approaches and relevance online......Page 103
Feeling out of control online: privacy breaches and strategies......Page 104
Moving beyond Facebook: it’s about privacy management......Page 106
Breach of employment and educational prospects......Page 110
Age and the “nothing to hide” mindset......Page 113
Discussion......Page 115
Notes......Page 117
References......Page 118
Introduction......Page 122
Gender, hegemonic masculinity, and risk......Page 123
Gendered risk and identity negotiating across private and public spaces......Page 124
Sexting and the salient double standard......Page 126
Gendered spaces: public versus private?......Page 128
Debating “dick pics”: gendered conceptions and consequences......Page 131
Gendered online “safety” messages......Page 135
Discussion......Page 137
References......Page 139
8 Policies, practices, and concluding thoughts......Page 143
Social connection, addiction, and the fear of missing out......Page 144
“Tough love”? Monitoring and surveillance of teens in cyberspace......Page 147
Relational aggression, school programs, and gendered realities......Page 150
Digital sexual expression and the persistence of the gendered double standard......Page 153
Privacy mindsets: neoliberalism and having nothing to hide......Page 156
Future research......Page 157
References......Page 161
Index......Page 168
