[AISWorld] CFP: iConference 2011 Workshop on Protecting Adolescent Online Safety

[Heng Xu]

iConference 2011 Workshop on Protecting Adolescent Online Safety,

Seattle, USA | February 8, 2011

 

URL: http://pal.ist.psu.edu/iconf2011paos/

 

As the new nexus of teens' online experience, social networking sites
such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com are the focus of widespread
parents' and lawmakers' worries about teens' online safety. In extreme
circumstances, teens' involvement with social networking sites may place
them in danger and seriously jeopardize their life. For instance, Megan
Meier, a 13-year-old girl, committed suicide after being targeted in a
MySpace hoax. 

 

The general objective of this workshop is to address the acute
challenges of protecting adolescent online safety. While there has been
considerable rigor undertaken with regards to the development of the
various technical approaches toward protecting children's online safety,
the social or human nuances and consequences of these approaches have
received relatively minor attention. In this workshop, participants will
discuss issues and challenges associated with the adolescents' online
behaviors, parental mediations, educational interventions, and
technological design implications. Participants will be encouraged to
submit papers for a special issue
<http://pal.ist.psu.edu/iconf2011paos/icst_cfp.pdf>  of the ICST
Transactions on Security and Safety
<http://icst.org/security-and-safety/>  (ISSN: 2032-9393).

 

Themes

In the workshop, we will have presentations by workshop participants to
develop a shared understanding of the problems we try to address, have
an overview of research approaches used to address these problems, and
identify crucial issues to explore. Suggested discussion topics include,
but are not limited to:

    * Defining online privacy, risk, security, and safety for the
adolescent cohort

    * Online safety challenges and protection mechanisms for the
adolescent cohort

    * User mental models and behavioral dynamics (for adolescents and
parents)

    * Tools or applications that support online safety for the
adolescent cohort

    * User awareness and training (for adolescents and parents)

    * Parental mediations

 

Call for Participation

If you are interested in participating in this workshop, you can either
1) submit soapbox topics, or 2) submit a position paper by email to hxu
AT ist.psu.edu by January 24, 2011.

 

1)      Soapbox topics: There will be a section called Soapbox Madness
which is a series of brief discussions on topics presented by the
participants. For your submissions of soapbox topics, think of the
issues or ideas about Youth Online Safety that are motivating you and/or
capturing your attention. Write down just a few sentences for up to five
soapbox topics (see above section of Themes for sample topics), explain
why you think this area might be important to you, and submit by email
to hxu AT ist.psu.edu. During the workshop, participants will be given
three minutes to present their soapbox topics.

2)      Position papers: If you want to contribute a 2-4 page position
paper (CHI extended abstract format
<http://www.chi2010.org/authors/format.html> ), please describe your
area of research, and future directions you see research in this space
taking. Your submission should be emailed in a common format (e.g. PDF,
Word or HTML) to hxu AT ist.psu.edu. During the workshop, participants
will be given seven minutes to present their position papers, followed
by five minutes for questions and discussions. We may adjust the timing
to accommodate the number of participants. 

 

The workshop organizers will review the position papers and soapbox
topics for pertinence to the workshop theme, general interest and
quality. Space constraints may limit the number of participants. The
organizers will distribute soft-copies of the position papers and
soapbox topics to all participants by January 28, 2011. Participants are
strongly encouraged to read all materials before the workshop.

 

Organizers: Heng Xu and John M. Carroll (The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park)

 

 

Heng Xu | Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology |
PNC Technologies Career Development Professorship | The Pennsylvania
State University | 307C IST Building | University Park, PA 16802 |
Office: 814-867-0469 | Fax: 814-865-6426 | URL:
http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/xu/ <http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/xu/> 

 

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