Studia Informatica Pomerania
WNEiZ
Autor: Krzysztof Łuszczek 129
Strony: 129-148
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PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN WEB-BASED COMMUNITY SERVICES

Summary

Children and youth are particularly sensitive to acceptance in group and searching for friends. Web-based community services perfectly enter into this demand. The first decade of the new century has become a witness of unusual growth of the communication of that type in network. However, children and youth have much smaller experience in the formation of interpersonal relations than their parents and teachers. Therefore, they are more exposed to negative behaviours on web-based community services. First of all, this is cyber-violence, sexual harassment and disclosure of personal information. Young man participating in web-based community services requires appropriate support to not have negative consequences brought by it for his/her development. This is being achieved by public control that is accomplished at the state, civic and parental level. In particular, actions on the side of parents may have a high level of effectiveness. Educational strategies being accomplished by them may most effi ciently prepare young people to participation in the world of Internet.