For my research essay I will be looking into the negative effects phone privacy involving parental mediation has on their children. I’m interested in the point of view of teenagers and their thoughts on how not having enough privacy, specifically phone privacy, affects their relationship with their parental figure. I’m expecting to find evidence that supports the negatives, such as having a weaker foundation with their parents. I’ve noticed a significant difference between those who have a strong relationship with their parents and those who do not, and the lack of necessary privacy can play a part into this.

1. http://ezproxy.rowan.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fparental-monitoring-invasion-privacy%2Fdocview%2F1326420037%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D13605

Background: This shows the different apps and ways parents find in order to monitor their children through their cellular device. It goes into a child’s perspective on how this invasion of privacy can make them feel.

How I intend to use it: I intend to use this as supporting evidence on how extensive monitoring on your child through their phone can cause issues and likely even a drift in a child and parent relationship.

2. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pamela-Wisniewski/publication/324658206_Safety_vs_Surveillance_What_Children_Have_to_Say_about_Mobile_Apps_for_Parental_Control/links/5b033adda6fdccf9e4f7684f/Safety-vs-Surveillance-What-Children-Have-to-Say-about-Mobile-Apps-for-Parental-Control.pdf

Background: This shows how children feel when they feel as though their privacy is being invaded through technology. It provides data between liked apps and disliked apps from adolescents.

How I intend to use it: I intend to use this as a way to show the difference in how restriction can make their child feel vs how more freedom in an app makes them feel. This can add onto my point of how restriction isn’t always beneficial and can cause more harm than good. Regardless of how the intent is made when overstepping in your child’s phone privacy, it can lead to more problems regarding how your child feels.

3. https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2818048.2819928

Background: Shows the difference in how parents feel towards privacy and how teens feel/view privacy specifically on their phones.

How I intend to use it: I intend to use this as a way to show why phone privacy is major to teenagers. As well as using the example of “parent’s underestimating time spent on social media.” There is a common negative thought most parents share, thinking that their child is spending too much time on social apps.

4. https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/no_money

Background: There is mention of how children create certain boundaries regarding their phone with their parents.

How I intend to use it: I intend to use this to show there are healthier ways to ensure your child is okay without feeling the need to control them with apps on their phone. It takes off the feeling of suffocation. This can go into further detail of how unnecessary certain methods truly are.

5. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1483855/v1.pdf

Background: Goes into the difference between how teens feel on parental mediation and how parents feel. Different methods parents use to control their phone use such as forcing them to delete apps.

How I intend to use it: I intend to focus on the “frustration” teens feel as mentioned in the article, with their parents when their privacy is destroyed/interfered with. This will be useful as it adds onto supporting evidence, of negative effects caused by restricted phone use.