Internet y la infancia española con problemas de aprendizaje, de comportamiento y otras discapacidades

Miguel Ángel Casado del Río; Maialen Garmendia Larrañaga; Carmelo Garitaonandia Garnacho

doi:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1350

Authors

Miguel Ángel Casado del Río University of the País Vasco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1264-9336
Maialen Garmendia Larrañaga University of the País Vasco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8057-6370
Carmelo Garitaonandia Garnacho University of the País Vasco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-4566

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2019-1350

Keywords:

Internet, risks, minors, learning problems, behavioural problems

Abstract

This article describes the uses, opportunities and risks faced online by children with learning, and behavioural problems. Methodology: The data we analysed corresponds to 61 children who are part of a 500 person 9-16-year-old sample of Internet users, and either their father or mother. Although the group is relatively heterogeneous, it is assumed that they share a common element that is a situation of vulnerability in both their social and digital environments. Results and conclusions: The evidence shows that these children’s lack of digital skills and computer equipment in their homes often makes it difficult for them to complete some of their homework and school tasks, and the parental mediation that they receive is also lower than that received by other children. It has also been noted that these minors visit more frequently pages with inappropriate content, such as pages promoting self-injury or suicide, or those dealing with eating disorders.

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Author Biographies

Miguel Ángel Casado del Río, University of the País Vasco

Associate professor of the department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising of Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. He has performed research stays in the Universities of Glasgow and Westminster and he is a member of the network of European research EU Kids Online. Regarding participation in projects, he has been part of projects funded by the European Commission as well as by the Ministry of Science and Innovation that resulted in national and international publications.

Maialen Garmendia Larrañaga, University of the País Vasco

Full University Professor since 2000. Between 1990 and 2010 she taught subjects related to applied research on diverse study degrees (graduate and post-graduate) of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication. Affiliated since 2010 to the Teaching School of Donostia, and also a professor in the degree of Social Anthropology. Currently, she is professor in two post-graduate degrees. Since 2006, she is part of the Spanish team of the European project EU Kids Online (Minors in Internet), which she leads since 2009. She has also led the team of the project Net Children Go Mobile between 2013 and 2015 and has been principal investigator on different projects related to this research line, uninterruptedly in the past years.

Carmelo Garitaonandia Garnacho, University of the País Vasco

Carmelo Garitaonandia is Chair professor of Universidad del País Vasco, (UPV/EHU) and has been Vice Dean of said University from 2009 to 2017. PhD in Political Sciences, graduated in Law and Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Communication by Universidad de Paris VII. He has written many scientific papers and books about the history of communication, regional and digital TV. In the past two decades, he has focused his research on information and communication technologies and their influence in children and youths. Since 2006, he is a member of the international group EU Kids Online and has five six-year periods of research (CNEAI).

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