Understanding Digital-Safety Experiences of Youth in the U.S.

Freed, Diana; Bazarova, Natalya N.; Consolvo, Sunny; Han, Eunice J; Kelley, Patrick Gage; Thomas, Kurt; Cosley, Dan

doi:10.1145/3544548.3581128

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“…Our interview involved 18 participants from June to August 2023, surpassing 12, the most common sample size in interview-based studies of CHI [17]. In HCI community, self-reporting interview has also been successfully, widely applied in many prior studies of child-computer interaction [50,102,137,155]. Compared to quantitative research, qualitative research is flexible in emerging issues and emphasizes a deep and "thick" understanding of the diversity and complexity of personal experiences and feelings, and social behaviors [21].…”

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Wrist-bound Guanxi, Jiazu, and Kuolie: Unpacking Chinese Adolescent Smartwatch-Mediated Socialization

Liu,

Zhang,

2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Adolescent peer relationships, essential for their development, are increasingly mediated by digital technologies. As this trend continues, wearable devices, especially smartwatches tailored for adolescents, is reshaping their socialization. In China, smartwatches like XTC have gained wide popularity, introducing unique features such as "Bump-to-Connect" and exclusive social platforms. Nonetheless, how these devices influence adolescents' peer experience remains unknown. Addressing this, we interviewed 18 Chinese adolescents (age: 11-16), discovering a smartwatch-mediated social ecosystem. Our findings highlight the ice-breaking role of smartwatches in friendship initiation and their use for secret messaging with local peers. Within the online smartwatch community, peer status is determined by likes and visibility, leading to diverse pursuit activities (i.e., chu guanxi, jiazu, kuolie) and negative social dynamics. We discuss the core affordances of smartwatches and Chinese cultural factors that influence adolescent social behavior, and offer implications for designing future wearables that responsibly and safely support adolescent socialization. CCS CONCEPTS• Social and professional topics → Adolescents; • Humancentered computing → Empirical studies in HCI.

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Wrist-bound Guanxi, Jiazu, and Kuolie: Unpacking Chinese Adolescent Smartwatch-Mediated Socialization

Liu,

Zhang,

2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…The rise in youth digital presence has produced polarizing effects for many secondary school students. Although youth value the accessible media digital spaces provide [9,16], studies show that they are often exposed to violence, harassment, misinformation, and other harmful content while online [13,16,18]. As these risks coincide with computer science (CS) and behavioral science, social computing education proves to be especially relevant to youth, and in particular, secondary school students [10,15,19,21,35], making it a leading motivator for this work.…”

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“…This research paper delves into the critical intersection of education and social computing for secondary-level students (ages [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], aiming to create sustainable teaching resources that can foster a community of socially responsible and aware individuals online. To assess the effectiveness of our resources, we used pre-and postsurveys following Bloom's Taxonomy, a hierarchical model applied to assess comprehension levels of educational objectives through a variety of methods [12].…”

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Bringing Social Computing to Secondary School Classrooms

Bolante,

Chen,

Chen

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education v. 1

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Social computing is the study of how technology shapes human social interactions. This topic has become increasingly relevant to secondary school students (ages 11-18) as more of young people's everyday social experiences take place online, particularly with the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, social computing topics are rarely touched upon in existing middle and high school curricula. We seek to introduce concepts from social computing to secondary school students so they can understand how computing has wide-ranging social implications that touch upon their everyday lives, as well as think critically about both the positive and negative sides of different social technology designs.In this report, we present a series of six lessons combining presentations and hands-on activities covering topics within social computing and detail our experience teaching these lessons to approximately 1,405 students across 13 middle and high schools in our local school district. We developed lessons covering how social computing relates to the topics of Data Management, Encrypted Messaging, Human-Computer Interaction Careers, Machine Learning and Bias, Misinformation, and Online Behavior. We found that 81.13% of students expressed greater interest in the content of our lessons compared to their interest in STEM overall. We also found from pre-and post-lesson comprehension questions that 63.65% learned new concepts from the main activity. We release all lesson materials on a website for public use. From our experience, we observed that students were engaged in these topics and found enjoyment in finding connections between computing and their own lives. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms.

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“…Although research on app use experiences in adolescents is scarce, research on online relationship seeking, in general, has suggested potential harms and drawbacks for this population. One prominent concern is linked to the idea that people online are not always who they seem (i.e., catfishing), which can lead to physical and/or emotional harm (Freed et al, 2023; Jozsa et al, 2021). Online relationships may also lead to multiple forms of cyber dating abuse, such as digital sexual violence, emotional abuse, and harassment (Caridade et al, 2019; Hellevik, 2019; Srivastava et al, 2023).…”

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When reality does not meet expectations: What sexual minority assigned-male-at-birth adolescents learn from using geosocial networking apps.

Wongsomboon,

Greenawalt,

Owusu

et al. 2023

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Understanding Digital-Safety Experiences of Youth in the U.S.

Cited by 17 publications

References 65 publications

Wrist-bound Guanxi, Jiazu, and Kuolie: Unpacking Chinese Adolescent Smartwatch-Mediated Socialization

Wrist-bound Guanxi, Jiazu, and Kuolie: Unpacking Chinese Adolescent Smartwatch-Mediated Socialization

Bringing Social Computing to Secondary School Classrooms

When reality does not meet expectations: What sexual minority assigned-male-at-birth adolescents learn from using geosocial networking apps.

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