Archive | 2019
Internet and Spanish children with learning and behavioural problems and other disabilities
Abstract
s [ES] Introducción: Este artículo trata sobre los usos, las oportunidades y los riesgos que Internet supone para la infancia con problemas de aprendizaje, de conducta o diferentes discapacidades. Metodología: Se han analizado datos correspondientes a 61 menores que forman parte de una muestra de 500 menores usuarios y usuarias de internet, de entre 9 y 16 años y a su padre o a su madre. El colectivo es relativamente heterogéneo, pero comparte un elemento: el elemento común de la vulnerabilidad tanto en el entorno social, como en el digital. Resultados y conclusiones: los resultados muestran una falta de habilidades digitales y de equipo informático en los hogares les dificulta a menudo su progreso académico, así como una menor incidencia de la mediación parental. También se constata que estos menores visitan más páginas con contenidos inadecuados, que promueven la lesión, autolesión, suicidio y desórdenes alimenticios. [EN] Introduction: This article describes the uses, opportunities and risks faced online by children with learning, behavioural problems or different disabilities. Methodology: The data we analysed correspond to 61 children who are part of a sample of 500 underaged Internet users with ages ranging from 9 to 16 years old, as well as 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 RLCS, Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 74 – Pages 653 to 667 [Funded Research] | DOI:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1350en |ISSN 1138-5820 | Year 2019 http://www.revistalatinacs.org/074paper/1350/33en.html Pages 654 digital skills and computer equipment at home 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 websites with inappropriate content more often, such as websites promoting self-injury or suicide, or those dealing with eating disorders.