The impact of security and privacy concerns on home internet use of parents and children

James N. Morgan, Sury Ravindran

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

Internet users' choices about their extent and types of usage and the types of precautions they take for their online security and privacy is an increasingly important research topic. As business and personal Internet usage grows so do concerns about misuse and abuse leading to financial loss or breaches of privacy. For the younger user, the risk of sexual exploitation from misuse is a particular concern. Effective mitigation of these risks is critical to the full achievement of the benefits the Internet can offer in e-commerce, e-learning, business and social communication. The interrelations between comfort with sensitive Internet use, security measures taken, and the types of Internet usage among home Internet users has not been extensively examined. We plan to empirically examine these interactions and to then extend our analysis to examine the impact of parental attitudes, usage, and controls on the level and types of Internet usage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World
Subtitle of host publicationAnything, Anywhere, Anytime
Pages3398-3405
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2013
Event19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Aug 15 2013Aug 17 2013

Publication series

Name19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013 - Hyperconnected World: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
Volume5

Other

Other19th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period8/15/138/17/13

Keywords

  • Internet privacy
  • Internet security
  • Internet usage
  • Parental controls

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Library and Information Sciences

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