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Deconstructing the Social Network: Balancing Young People's Rights and Vulnerabilities Within the Online Omopticon

Deconstructing the Social Network: Balancing Young People's Rights and Vulnerabilities Within the Online Omopticon

Pam Jarvis
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781522525783|ISBN10: 1522525785|EISBN13: 9781522525790
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2578-3.ch007
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Jarvis, Pam. "Deconstructing the Social Network: Balancing Young People's Rights and Vulnerabilities Within the Online Omopticon." Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice, edited by Icarbord Tshabangu, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 106-127. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2578-3.ch007

APA

Jarvis, P. (2018). Deconstructing the Social Network: Balancing Young People's Rights and Vulnerabilities Within the Online Omopticon. In I. Tshabangu (Ed.), Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice (pp. 106-127). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2578-3.ch007

Chicago

Jarvis, Pam. "Deconstructing the Social Network: Balancing Young People's Rights and Vulnerabilities Within the Online Omopticon." In Global Ideologies Surrounding Children's Rights and Social Justice, edited by Icarbord Tshabangu, 106-127. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2578-3.ch007

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Abstract

This chapter outlines the results of an original pilot which investigated young British people's usage and opinions of social networking. The underpinning literature outlines psychological and neurological evidence that suggests young people's personalities are both fledgling and fragile, and that consequently, the online environment may be an inappropriate environment in which to engage in social processes that input to identity development due to the persistence, visibility, and spreadability of information that users commit to their profiles. The data gathered largely supported this thesis and additionally indicated that there may be a gender difference in orientation to online activity in early adolescence.

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