Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, cilt.2, sa.4, ss.248-255, 2008 (ESCI)
Parents' views are primarily important for children's effective and secure use of Internet and protecting them against the threats of Internet. Therefore, this study aims at determining the views of parents about the Internet use of their children who attend a private elementary school in Turkey. Carried out through the qualitative research method, the research data of the study were collected from 33 parents and were analyzed by running descriptive analysis, which is one of the qualitative data analysis methods. As a result of the analysis, it was revealed that parents regard Internet as the most developed technology, a window opening to the whole world, and as a tool to attain information. Moreover, parents reported that Internet has positive and negative effects together. Parents stated that Internet use of their children has positive effects in terms of providing support to education, attaining information, establishing communication, and entertainment, while it has negative effects in terms of content and of individual, psychological and physical aspects. Based on parents' views, this study provides some suggestions regarding how children can use Internet safely.