Paper Info
Title
School children's use of digital devices, social media and parental knowledge and involvement - the case of Abu Dhabi.
Abstract
This paper looks at the usage of social media devices and applications, and parental knowledge and involvement among Abu Dhabi children in Grade 6 or higher. It examines the young childrenu0027s usage of personal computers, mobile phones and tablet PCs, and social media related apps. The paper tries to understand the reasons for joining or not joining online social networking. It explores the parental knowledge of such activities and their chance of being invited to join their childrenu0027su0027 social networking groups. More than 31,000 children from private and public schools participated in the online survey. Results show a high home access to the Internet of 91.7 %. Children reported using social networks mainly for keeping in touch with family and friends, and to find information. Most of the children reported that their parents were aware of their online social networking activities (82.2 %). About 38.7 % said that their parents were in their friend group on online social networking. There is negative correlation between time spent on social networks and perceived student performance in specific subjects. The paper also discusses gender, grade (or age), and school type and implications.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s10639-016-9557-y
EAIT
Keywords
Field
DocType
Social media, Social networking, Parental knowledge, School children, Abu Dhabi
Educational technology,Negative correlation,Social media,Social network,Computer science,Pedagogy,Statistical analysis,The Internet
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
5
1573-7608
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
9
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Masood A. Badri1152.47
Ali Alnuaimi210.36
Asma Al Rashedi331.08
guang yang47415.11
Khaled Temsah510.36