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Bezpieczeństwo dzieci i młodzieży w przestrzeni wirtualnej
Safety of Children and the Youth within Virtual Space

Author(s): Beata Marciniec, Dorota Katarzyna Marczuk
Subject(s): Social Informatics
Published by: Państwowa Szkoła Wyższa im. Papieża Jana Pawła II w Białej Podlaskiej
Keywords: safety; virtual space; cyberspace; cyberthreats; prevention; social campaigns

Summary/Abstract: The article presents issues of children and youth’s safety in virtual space. Adults are obliged to ensure that young people will be safe in different dimensions, both in traditional social space and in virtual space (cyberspace). Contemporary,young people for whom the digital media are inseparable part of their every-day reality, are exposed to many incoming cyber dangers. In the article the examples of prevention and educational activities are presented. They must be taken to ensure that the young will be safely work in real and virtual world. The issues are discussed in interdisciplinary context.

  • Issue Year: 9/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 34-38
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish