TY - JOUR
T1 - Online and in the know? Public legal education, young people and the Internet
AU - Denvir, Catrina
N1 - Unmapped bibliographic data:
PY - 2016/1// [EPrints field already has value set]
Y2 - 2016/2// [EPrints field already has value set]
JO - Computers & Education [Field not mapped to EPrints]
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Over the last decade the Internet has played a growing role in the resolution strategies of many of those who face civil justice problems. Drawing on data from a novel experiment capturing the online information-seeking behaviours of 208 students, this paper explores how young people in England use the Internet when faced with a hypothetical civil justice problem relating to housing or employment law. The study finds that while the Internet holds potential as a Public Legal Education (PLE) tool, exposure to online legal information does not directly equate to improved knowledge of rights or knowledge of how to handle a civil justice problem. The Internet's utility in this respect, continues to be constrained by the quality of information provided and the public's capacity to use it and apply it in a meaningful way.
AB - Over the last decade the Internet has played a growing role in the resolution strategies of many of those who face civil justice problems. Drawing on data from a novel experiment capturing the online information-seeking behaviours of 208 students, this paper explores how young people in England use the Internet when faced with a hypothetical civil justice problem relating to housing or employment law. The study finds that while the Internet holds potential as a Public Legal Education (PLE) tool, exposure to online legal information does not directly equate to improved knowledge of rights or knowledge of how to handle a civil justice problem. The Internet's utility in this respect, continues to be constrained by the quality of information provided and the public's capacity to use it and apply it in a meaningful way.
KW - Country-specific developments
KW - Applications in subject areas
KW - Lifelong learning
KW - Post-secondary education
KW - Secondary education
UR - https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/online-and-in-the-know-public-legal-education-young-people-and-th-3
U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.10.003
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.10.003
M3 - Article
VL - 92-93
SP - 204
EP - 220
JO - Computers and Education
JF - Computers and Education
SN - 0360-1315
ER -