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Parental Control vs. Teen Self-Regulation: Is there a middle ground for mobile online safety?
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We conducted a structured, qualitative feature analysis of 75 Android mobile apps designed for the purpose of promoting adolescent online safety. Through this analysis we identified 42 unique features that mapped to a theoretically derived conceptual framework of teen online safety strategies balanced between parental control strategies (through monitoring, restriction, and active mediation) and teen self-regulation strategies (through self-monitoring, impulse control, and risk-coping). We found that the apps strongly favored features that promote parental control through monitoring and restricting teens' online behaviors over teen self-regulation or more communicative and collaborative practices between parents and teens. We use the lens of value sensitive design to discuss the implications of our results and identify opportunities for designing mobile apps for online safety that embed more positive family values.
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“Parents are often the primary stakeholders who care the most about their teens' safety and are frequently responsible for making decisions about online risk management, monitoring, and protection [7, 8, 40, 46, 90].”
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“Research has shown that relying heavily on external control-such as monitoring or content blocking-limit teens' capacity for self-regulation or reflective decision-making [138].”
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“Tools that help teens grow by managing risks, rather than shielding them through strict control, are more likely to be effective [138].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wisniewski, P., Ghosh, A. K., Xu, H., Rosson, M. B., & Carroll, J. M.
- Affiliations
- The University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
- University of Central Florida (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2017-02-25
- Pages
- 51-69
- OpenAlex
- W2588759517
- Cited by
- 206
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 95.13
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
- Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (CNS-1018302)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Keywords
- parental control, mobile application, Android application, parental supervision, parental mediation, self-monitoring, impulse control, risk coping, parent-adolescent communication, value-sensitive design, family values
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