Supporting children's emotional expression and exploration in online environments

@inproceedings{citeulike:87132, author = {Antle, Alissa }, booktitle = {IDC '04: Proceeding of the 2004 conference on Interaction design and children}, citeulike-article-id = {87132}, comment = {Children are routinely exposed to adult-oriented news and current events. Outside of their families, they rarely have forums in which they can explore and express their reactions to and feelings about these events. This paper introduces OutBurst (<u>http://archived.cbc4kids.cbcr3.com/</u>), a networked, participatory activity where children can express and explore their intimate feelings about news and current events. Outlined in this paper are the child-centric requirements, design and evaluation practices used to create OutBurst; a discussion of questions that were raised in the design process; findings culled from a summative evaluation of the entire CBC4Kids pilot; and a description of the subsequent content analysis of child-generated submissions. Our investigations show evidence of children expressing and exploring their emotional reactions to adult-oriented news stories. However, many of our original questions about the utility of an online environment to support these aims remain outstanding and require further exploration.}, doi = {10.1145/1017833.1017846}, isbn = {1581137915}, keywords = {children, emotion, online}, pages = {97--104}, posted-at = {2005-02-03 22:30:52}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {Supporting children's emotional expression and exploration in online environments}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1017846}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:87132 L3 - citeulike-article-id:87132 TI - Supporting children's emotional expression and exploration in online environments T2 - IDC '04: Proceeding of the 2004 conference on Interaction design and children SP - 97 EP - 104 PB - ACM Press SN - 1581137915 KW - children KW - emotion KW - online N1 - Children are routinely exposed to adult-oriented news and current events. Outside of their families, they rarely have forums in which they can explore and express their reactions to and feelings about these events. This paper introduces OutBurst (<u>http://archived.cbc4kids.cbcr3.com/</u>), a networked, participatory activity where children can express and explore their intimate feelings about news and current events. Outlined in this paper are the child-centric requirements, design and evaluation practices used to create OutBurst; a discussion of questions that were raised in the design process; findings culled from a summative evaluation of the entire CBC4Kids pilot; and a description of the subsequent content analysis of child-generated submissions. Our investigations show evidence of children expressing and exploring their emotional reactions to adult-oriented news stories. However, many of our original questions about the utility of an online environment to support these aims remain outstanding and require further exploration. AU - Antle, Alissa PY - 2004/// UR - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1017846 ER -