Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks
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Resumo: | This article describes the use made of the Internet by immigrant children living in Spain and the opportunities and risks it involves. Specifically, it deals with children from the Maghreb, Ecuador, and Sub-Saharan Africa, three regions which account for a quarter of Spain’s foreign-born population. A qualitative methodology was used, based on in-depth interviews with 52 children from these countries and educators from their support centres. Immigrant minors usually access the Internet via their smartphones rather than via computers. They have a very high rate of smartphone use and access the Internet over public Wi-Fi networks. However, they make little use of computers and tablets, the devices most closely associated with education and accessing information. Internet usage is fairly similar among immigrant and Spanish teens, although the former receive more support and mediation from their schools and institutions than from their parents. The Internet helps them to communicate with their families in their countries of origin. As one educator puts it, “they have gone from sending photos in letters to speaking to their families every day on Skype”. Some teens, particularly Maghrebis, sometimes suffer from hate messages on social networks. |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Riskschildren; cyber-bullying; immigrant; Internet; media risks; Spain; youthThis article describes the use made of the Internet by immigrant children living in Spain and the opportunities and risks it involves. Specifically, it deals with children from the Maghreb, Ecuador, and Sub-Saharan Africa, three regions which account for a quarter of Spain’s foreign-born population. A qualitative methodology was used, based on in-depth interviews with 52 children from these countries and educators from their support centres. Immigrant minors usually access the Internet via their smartphones rather than via computers. They have a very high rate of smartphone use and access the Internet over public Wi-Fi networks. However, they make little use of computers and tablets, the devices most closely associated with education and accessing information. Internet usage is fairly similar among immigrant and Spanish teens, although the former receive more support and mediation from their schools and institutions than from their parents. The Internet helps them to communicate with their families in their countries of origin. As one educator puts it, “they have gone from sending photos in letters to speaking to their families every day on Skype”. Some teens, particularly Maghrebis, sometimes suffer from hate messages on social networks.Cogitatio2019-02-05info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i1.1478oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1478Media and Communication; Vol 7, No 1 (2019): Communicating on/with Minorities; 56-652183-2439reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1478https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.v7i1.1478https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1478/1478Copyright (c) 2019 Miguel Ángel Casado, Carmelo Garitaonandia, Gorka Moreno, Estefanía Jiménezhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCasado, Miguel AngelGaritaonandia, CarmeloMoreno, GorkaJimenez, Estefania2022-12-20T10:59:15Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1478Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:15.618895Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks Casado, Miguel Angel children; cyber-bullying; immigrant; Internet; media risks; Spain; youth |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Immigrant Children and the Internet in Spain: Uses, Opportunities, and Risks |
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Casado, Miguel Angel |
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Casado, Miguel Angel Garitaonandia, Carmelo Moreno, Gorka Jimenez, Estefania |
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Garitaonandia, Carmelo Moreno, Gorka Jimenez, Estefania |
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Casado, Miguel Angel Garitaonandia, Carmelo Moreno, Gorka Jimenez, Estefania |
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children; cyber-bullying; immigrant; Internet; media risks; Spain; youth |
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children; cyber-bullying; immigrant; Internet; media risks; Spain; youth |
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This article describes the use made of the Internet by immigrant children living in Spain and the opportunities and risks it involves. Specifically, it deals with children from the Maghreb, Ecuador, and Sub-Saharan Africa, three regions which account for a quarter of Spain’s foreign-born population. A qualitative methodology was used, based on in-depth interviews with 52 children from these countries and educators from their support centres. Immigrant minors usually access the Internet via their smartphones rather than via computers. They have a very high rate of smartphone use and access the Internet over public Wi-Fi networks. However, they make little use of computers and tablets, the devices most closely associated with education and accessing information. Internet usage is fairly similar among immigrant and Spanish teens, although the former receive more support and mediation from their schools and institutions than from their parents. The Internet helps them to communicate with their families in their countries of origin. As one educator puts it, “they have gone from sending photos in letters to speaking to their families every day on Skype”. Some teens, particularly Maghrebis, sometimes suffer from hate messages on social networks. |
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