• Emirati children have access to a wide range of digital tools, from computers to tablets and mobile phones. However, not everything available on these are suitable for them or appropriate. This research will investigate digital literacy, especially exploring the perspective of the parents. How active are parents at educating their children about the risks? How involved are parents in supervising the use of digital media
Topic: Parental perspectives on Social Media use by children
• Emirati children have access to a wide range of digital tools, from computers to tablets and mobile phones. However, not everything available on these are suitable for them or appropriate. This research will investigate digital literacy, especially exploring the perspective of the parents. How active are parents at educating their children about the risks? How involved are parents in supervising the use of digital media?
Methodology: Personal Interview with parents.
Research process:
Pre-research
• Design research study using ethical standards: specify research method, specify population, budget, timetable
Research phase
• Implement research design
• Drafts, pretest, and revise measurements instruments
• Select participants
• Secure final approval
• Train data collectors
• Collect data
• Process data
• Analyze data
• Write report and prepare oral presentation
• Share results with relevant audiences
Post research
• Review and evaluate research results using ethical standards
• Make decisions based on results and evaluate impact of decisions
• Decide next step
* Your research paper must contain at least 20 sources (bibliography), secondary and primary sources.