Sosyal çevrenin gözünden çocukların mobil internet deneyimleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Türkiye’deki çocukların mobil internet deneyimlerini sosyal çevrenin gözünden ortaya koymak amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma tarama modelinin benimsendiği betimsel bir araştırmadır. Çalışma grubu 9-16 yaş grubundaki internet kullanıcısı olan çocukların sosyal çevrelerinde yer alan ebeveynler, akranlar, öğretmenler ve okul yöneticilerden seçilen 84 katılımcıdan oluşmaktadır. Ebeveynler, akranlar ve öğretmen-okul yöneticileri için geliştirilen 3 ayrı görüşme formu ile toplanan veriler betimsel ve içerik analizi teknikleriyle çözümlenmiştir. Sosyal çevreye göre çocukların çoğunlukla evlerinden internete erişim

The purpose of the study is to reveal children’s experience of mobile internet from the perspective of the social milieu in Turkey. The study is a descriptive research in which the survey model is adopted. The study group consisted of 84 participants, including parents, peers, teachers, and school administrators in the social milieu of children who are internet users in the 9-16 age group. Data collected by three different interview forms developed for parents, peers, and teacher-school administrators were analyzed by the descriptive and content analysis techniques. According to the social milieut, it was observed that children have more access to the internet at home and they prefer smartphones to access the internet and they are online many times a day. It was indicated that children mostly use mobile internet to connect to social networks and play games. According to the social milieu, it was determined that the prominent skills of children for using mobile devices and the internet are to connect to the wireless network, download applications, and take photos and share them on social networks. Furthermore, it was indicated that there are deficiencies in children's skills for safe internet use, such as blocking unwanted content, comparing different applications in terms of security, and not being able to block application advertisements. Except for encountering strangers and unwanted contents on the internet and being internet addicted, it was observed that children take photos of their friends and share them without any permission. It was stated by the social milieu that children often seek help from their parents and peers when they try to solve the risks they encounter on the mobile internet themselves and cannot solve them. As a result, training can be given to increase children's safe internet use skills and awareness of digital privacy.