Abstract
The adverse and harmful effects of Internet on young children have become a global concern. Parents tend to use different strategies to ensure their children’s online safety. Many studies have suggested that parental mediation may play a positive role in controlling children’s online behavior. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that shape Saudi parents’ intention to regulate their children’s online practices using technical mediation tools. An integrated model has been proposed based on famous Information System theories and models to investigate parental intention to adopt technical mediation tools. A questionnaire-based survey is conducted for data collection. Basic descriptive statistical analysis, reliability, and validity assessments were used to analyze the data at the preliminary stage, followed by advanced analysis using Structural Equation Modeling to test the research hypotheses. Research results indicate that effort expectancy, performance expectancy, general computer self-efficacy, perceived severity, and perceived vulnerability are the main predictors of Saudi parent’s intention to regulate their children’s online behaviors using technical mediation tools.
Highlights
Over the last decade, increased use of Internet has been observed worldwide
It was conducted through calculating composite reliability and Average Variance Extracted (AVE) for each latent construct
Different regulation strategies have appeared to apply more control on child’s Internet use. This survey- based study has investigated the factors that shape the intention to use these tools in regulating Internet use of children in Saudi Arabia
Summary
Over the last decade, increased use of Internet has been observed worldwide. The Internet became an indispensable utility of our daily life serving multiple purposes such as personal development, education, entertainment, communication, harnessing information for better personal and professional decision-making, etc. Recent research shows that in developed countries it is a home based activity and current generation of young children cannot imagine a world without information and communication technologies (ICT), they are called digital natives [1]. Government in westerns countries is continuously engaged in implementing public policies, framework and legislation to reduce the unnecessary solicitation of personal information from children. One such example is Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) implemented by U.S Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which sets guidelines for online safeguards designed to prevent the collection of personally identifiable information from children unless parental consent is given [4]
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