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Wilma ruined my life: how an educational system became the criminal record for the adolescents




TekijätOlli I. Heimo, Minna M. Rantanen, Kai K. Kimppa

KustantajaACM

KustannuspaikkaNew York

Julkaisuvuosi2015

Lehti: Computers and Society

Vuosikerta45

Numero3

Aloitussivu138

Lopetussivu146

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1145/2874239.2874259

Verkko-osoitehttp://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2874259&CFID=745964162&CFTOKEN=89944156


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The information system StarSoft Wilma used to track and report on the adolescents' behaviour at school can cause problematic situations. These problems manifest themselves in various ways: many of the markings in the system are either wholly unnecessary or at least questionable in nature. This is made the adolescents (and some guardians/teachers) resent the system. In this paper these side-effects are looked through and compared with an analysis of posts in the Facebook-group 'Wilma Ruined My Life'. As conclusions we claim that the system can create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion amongst the students: resembling an Orwellian or panopticon-like environment which might undermine the students' ability to become full and capable members of an open democratic society.





 




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