Internet Safety Town Hall- part 2
Amanda Lenhart of PEW with data re internet use and teens 12-17.
66% households have Internet, 22 still on dial-up, 10% not online at home. SOe populations very different.
What are they doing online? (lots of good) 94% research for school, 81% research info on entertainment info
58% have profile online, 77% of those 15-17. Girls bigger users.
Concerns:
- inappropriate contact (wanted/unwanted)
- inappropriate content (wanted/unwanted)- hard to determine the def for this b/c it is a community standard
She continues to list out other Pew research results. (not as much connection to normal motivation and behavior of teens, Anastasia’s approach). No assoc between stranger contact and hte content of your profile. Photo and profile, and being female are factors that do correlate to stranger contact.
Interet monitoring software (monitors, NOT filters) is related to lowering dangerous contact. More than half the solicitations were from people they knew/their age. 4% ave received “aggressive” contact (tried to make offline contact). Much is SOUGHT. They know what theyare doing (UNH 2005 youth and law enforcement study).
more stats…..but you could read these in the study.
We should change the message re profiles to “you may be putting yourself reputationally at risk” instead of at risk for predators.
My battery is dying…so back to paper.
