Parenting Cyber-Risk: Opportunities and Challenges Raising Children with Digital Environments - Paperback

by Michael Adorjan (Author), Rosemary Ricciardelli (Author)

Utilising 70 original interviews from rural and urban area Canadian parents, the book provides an overview of research on 'digital parenting' and illuminates the modern parental experience of managing children's access to internet-connected technologies.

Author Biography

Michael Adorjan is an associate professor at the University of Calgary. His research and teaching centers on youth and cyber-risk, drawing from theoretical areas including dramaturgy and social constructionism, surveillance and privacy. Recent publications examine both educator and parent understandings and responses to cyberbullying and other forms of online-mediated conflict and harm and restorative practices in response to cyber-risk. He also publishes on Hong Kong, especially responses to youth crime and public perceptions of police in Hong Kong, and with Rosemary Ricciardelli, is involved in research examining correctional officers in Canada.

Rosemary Ricciardelli is a professor (PhD) in the School of Maritime Studies and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Fisheries and Marine Institute. Elected to the Royal Society of Canada, her research centers on evolving understandings of gender, vulnerabilities, risk and experiences and issues within different facets of the criminal justice system and among mariners. She has published vastly in the areas of public safety, criminalized persons and wellness - broadly defined. As a sex and gender researcher, her interests lay in the social health, identity construction and lived experiences of individuals.