Publications

Publication details [#58912]

Mostmans, Lien, Joke Bauwens and Jo Pierson. 2014. “I would never post that”: Children, moral sensitivity and online disclosure. Communications 39 (3) : 347–367.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child language | information processing | internet | moral argumentation | self-presentation

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/COMM/html

Annotation

This paper on the moral sensitivity of a group of preadolescent children (9 -11), living in Belgium, with respect to online self- and other-disclosure, reveals their ability to conceive eduction's moral implications, their strong belief in online privacy rights, and their carefully handling of information regarding an emotionally important other.