2007 October

Self-regulation, organisation and governance among internet users: new challenges for child protection organisations

Inappropriate content ‘flagged’ by users, news items ranked by users, online sellers rated by users, online lexica articles written by users and silent agreements among users on socially acceptable behaviour in online communities…

In the age of Web2.0, self-regulation among the users as well as user governance has become an integrated element of our participation in the online world. And growing up online requires a set of complex personal competences. Participation in online communities is an integrated element of many children and young people’s everyday lives today.

Here it is of key importance to command the ability to interpret and perform different social and cultural norms of a given community as well as using and understanding the self-regulatory tools available on the different community sites.

For organisations working with child protection in the age of the social internet where user empowerment is fundamental, many questions appear. Among those worth singling out are: How can we support an ethical culture among young internet users and with which tools can we provide them to sustain already existing cultures of self-regulation?

Author: Gry Hasselbalch, Danish Media Council for Children and Young People

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Events
Workshop on "Ethical aspects of inclusion in the information society" Brussels, Belgium, 29 October 2007 On 29 October 2007, the European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate-General organised a workshop on ethical issues that concern e-inclusion. Read more	Your life online is what YOU make of IT Is the internet a positive or negative element in today’s world? Are mobile phones only about “connecting people”? Can we believe everything we see on the internet? Do we behave differently online than in the “physical” world? How does our behaviour impact on the online environment ENTER THE NEW COMPETITION! top

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