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Digital Child Ethics Toolkit: Ethical Considerations for Digital Childhoods Research
Vol.2024-01
Digital Child Working Paper, 2024-01, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, 1.1
12/01/2024
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Abstract
There is a growing body of scholarship that examines how very young children and their families relate to, adopt, and engage with digital technologies. This research typically involves a range of ethical considerations. Yet, as an emerging field, it can be difficult for researchers and ethics committees to find standards of practice or evaluate risks and benefits.
To support researchers working in this area, this toolkit outlines ethical considerations across three main dimensions of research: contexts (such as researching in the home, health settings, or early learning centres); methods (such as ethnographic approaches, web-scraping, or using wearable devices); and cohorts (such as infants and toddlers, children with disabilities, or educators).
The first half of the toolkit is a discussion paper that addresses each of these contexts in turn, as well as discussing some foundational principles and issues, such as informed consent and positioning children as co-researchers. The second half is an appendix containing references and resources for each of the contexts, methods, and cohorts that have been addressed. It also lists international guidelines and frameworks, Australian guidelines and frameworks, and general resources on ethical research with young children.
This iteration of the toolkit is being published as a working paper through the Centre’s working papers series. It is part of the ‘methods and methodologies’ subseries and has been checked by the sub-series editorial team to ensure it meets basic standards around clarity of expression and acceptable and inclusive language and content.
More information on the working paper series can be found here: https://www.digitalchild.org.au/working-papers/
This toolkit is also available as an interactive webpage on the Centre’s website: https://digitalchild.org.au/research/ publications/working-paper/digital-child-ethics-toolkit-interactive/
Details
- Title
- Digital Child Ethics Toolkit: Ethical Considerations for Digital Childhoods Research
- Contributors
- Kate Mannell (Corresponding Author) - Deakin UniversityAndy Zhao (Corresponding Author) - Deakin UniversityAmanda Levido - Queensland University of TechnologyPhillipa Amery - Queensland University of TechnologyTiffany Apps - University of WollongongFilip Bircanin - Queensland University of TechnologyAnna Bunn - Curtin UniversityDinusha Bandara - Deakin UniversityKarley Beckman - University of WollongongMichelle de Kok - Curtin UniversityMichael Dezuanni - Queensland University of TechnologyMadeleine Dobson - Curtin UniversityGavin Duffy - Deakin UniversityNaomi Fillmore - University of QueenslandNicole Hayes - Queensland University of TechnologyDanica Hendry - Curtin UniversityLisa Kervin - University of WollongongKatrin Langton - Queensland University of TechnologyJanelle MacKenzie - Queensland University of TechnologyJessica Mantei - University of WollongongJane Mavoa - Paper GiantMaria Nicholas - Deakin UniversityRebecca Ng - University of WollongongLouise Paatsch - Deakin UniversityAleesha Rodriguez - Queensland University of TechnologyIrina Silva - Queensland University of TechnologyMaryanne Theobald - Queensland University of TechnologySonia White - Queensland University of TechnologyAnnette Woods - Queensland University of TechnologySue Bennett (Contributor) - University of WollongongAmity Campbell (Contributor) - Curtin UniversitySusan Danby (Contributor) - Queensland University of TechnologyCourtenay Harris (Contributor) - Curtin UniversitySharon Horwood (Contributor) - Deakin UniversitySonia Livingstone (Contributor) - London School of Economics and Political ScienceLuci Pangrazio (Contributor) - Deakin UniversityJulian Sefton-Green (Contributor) - Deakin UniversityMarnee Shay (Contributor) - University of QueenslandJuliana Zabatiero (Contributor) - Curtin UniversityChris Zomer (Contributor) - Deakin University
- Publication Details
- Vol.2024-01
- Series
- Digital Child Working Paper; 2024-01
- Publisher
- ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child
- Edition
- 1.1
- Number of pages
- 72
- Grant note
- This Working Paper was supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child (grant #CE200100022).
- Identifiers
- 991013268710002368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Working paper