TILA Teacher Training Young People and the Internet

TILA Teacher Training Young People and the Internet © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues Sabela Melchor Couto (University of Roehampton, London) 1

Young People and the Internet How often do kids use the Internet? Kids Online: What do they do online? What do they know about e-safety? EU-funded research project. 25, 000 kids aged 9 -16 surveyed. From 25 European countries. Here’s a quiz on some of the results obtained. © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 2

Young People and the Internet How much time do kids aged 9 -16 spend online? a. 58 minutes per day b. 88 minutes per day c. 113 minutes per day © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 3

Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 88 minutes 9 -10 year-olds spend an average of 58 minutes online per day. 5 -16 year-olds spend 113 minutes per day. Most children aged 9 -16 (60%) connect to the Internet everyday or almost every day. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012: 3). © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 4

Young People and the Internet What’s the average of first Internet use in Europe? a. 7 years old b. 9 years old c. 11 years old © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 5

Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 9 is the average of first Internet use in Europe. In the UK and the Netherlands, 8 is the age of first use. In Spain it’s 9 and in Germany, 10. (Livingstone et al. , 2011 a: 15) © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 6

Young People and the Internet What are their most common activities online? Can you organise them from most to least frequent? a. Instant messaging b. Blogging c. Playing games d. School work e. Using a webcam f. Watching videoclips g. Posting images © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 7

Young People and the Internet Correct answer: (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012: 3) d. School work (85%7) c. Playing games (83%) f. Watching video clips (76%) a. Instant messaging (62%) g. Posting images (39%) e. Using a webcam (31%) b. Blogging (11%) © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 8

Young People and the Internet How many kids have an account in a social networking site? Link the age group with the right percentage. a. 9 -10 year olds b. 11 -12 year olds c. 13 -14 year olds d. 15 -16 year olds © 2013 TILA 16% 26% 37% 49% 73% 82% 94% Ethical and Privacy Issues 9

Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 26% of the kids aged 9 -10 have a social networking profile. 49% of 11 -12 year-olds. 73% of 13 -14 year-olds. 82% of 15 -16 year-olds. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012: 3) Additional information: 26% have public profiles. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012: 3) Girls, and children from higher socioeconomic status homes, appear more likely to keep their social networking profile private. (Hasebrink et al. , 2011: 8) Social networking is most popular in the Netherlands (80%), Lithuania (76%) and Denmark (75%), and least in Romania (46%), Turkey (49%) and Germany (51%) (Livingstone et al. , 2011 b: 5). © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 10

Young People and the Internet Do kids know how to block unwanted websites, change privacy settings, etc. ? a. Most of them do. b. Only some of them do. c. No. © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 11

Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 64% of 11 -16 year olds know how to block messages from unwelcome contacts. 64% can find safety advice online. 56% can change privacy settings. 51% can block spam. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012: 3) © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues 12

Young People and the Internet © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues

Over to you Does the information included here reflect your school’s reality? Now you can move on to the next presentation, on Potential risks and hot to prevent them. © 2013 TILA Ethical and Privacy Issues Sabela Melchor Couto (University of Roehampton, London)

Bibliography Haddon, L. and S. Livingstone (2012) EU Kids Online: national perspectives. EU Kids Online, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. This version available at: http: //eprints. lse. ac. uk/46878/ Hasebrink et al. (2011) Patterns of risk and safety online. In-depth analyses from the EU Kids Online survey of 9 -16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries. LSE, London: EU Kids Online. http: //eprints. lse. ac. uk/39356/1/Patterns_of_risk_and_safety_online_%2 8 LSERO%29. pdf Livingstone et al. (2013) In their own words: What bothers children online? http: //www 2. lse. ac. uk/media@lse/research/EUKids. Online/EU%20 Kids% 20 III/Reports/Intheirownwords 020213. pdf Livingstone et al. (2011 c) Social networking, age and privacy. EU Kids Online, London, UK. This version available at: http: //eprints. lse. ac. uk/35849 Livingstone et al. (2011 a) EU kids online: final report. EU Kids Online, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK. 2013 http: //eprints. lse. ac. uk/39351/ TILA ©

Bibliography Livingstone, S. et al. (2011 b) Risks and safety on the internet: the perspective of European children: full findings and policy implications from the EU Kids Online survey of 9 -16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries. EU Kids Online, Deliverable D 4. EU Kids Online Network, London, UK. This version available at: http: //eprints. lse. ac. uk/33731/ © 2013 TILA