 |
New Study Reveals 14% of Teens Have Had Face-to-Face Meetings with People They've
Met on the Internet
|
|
Youth Online Exposed to More Porn but Fewer Sexual SolicitationsA
study conducted by University of New Hampshire researchers for the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The survey compared
youth experiences in 1999-2000 with those in 2005.
Online
Victimization of Youth. 5 Years Later
In 1999 and 2000 the first Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS-1) was conducted
prompted by a number of factors including: the enormous growth of youth
Internet use in the 1990s, concern about adults using the Internet to sexually
solicit youth, worry about the amount of sexual material online and youth
exposure to such material, questions about how youth Internet users might
be exposed to sexual material and reports of youth being threatened and
harassed via the Internet
|
|
The Future of Children. Princeton
Brookings
The Impact of Home Computer Use on Children's Activities and Development
This article provides an overview of the limited research on the effects
of home computer use on children's physical, cognitive, and social development.
|
|
Middle School Children and Their
Use of Interactive Media.
There are limited studies on the effects of computer use on a child’s
physical well being (Oates,. Evans, Hedge, 1998). This research paper will
describe a study, which has collected health and comfort data on the incidence
and prevalence of computer-related musculoskeletal discomfort/pain among
6th and 7th grade students in three middle schools in New England.
|
|
Computers for Young Children
Gold or "Fool's Gold?"
This article will review and compare two publications, Fool’s
Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood (Cordes & Miller, 1999)
and Children and Computer Technology (2000), a recent issue of The Future
of Children journal. Both publications make general statements and claims
about child development and each takes a stand for or against computer use
with young children. In reviewing these writings it is noted that, although
research studies are cited to support some claims, many statements stand
unsupported.
|
|
Internet Safety Group
2006 NetSafe Symposium Papers
The 2006 NetSafe Symposium - Cybersafety & Security Online
was held on the 6th and 7th July 2006 at the Westpac stadium in Wellington.
The Symposium was modelled on previous NetSafe conferences with a cross-sector
focus on the issues of cybersafety and security online.
|
|
About Kids Health > News
CyberBullying
A 2002 Environics survey reported that 99 percent of Canadian students
have used the Internet. According to a 2001 study by the Media Awareness
Network, an Ottawa-based non-profit group that monitors Internet activity,
nearly 60 percent of Canadian youth aged nine to 17 have used IM and chat
rooms. While most cyber communication is of a positive nature, an increasing
number of young people are using interactive technology to harass and bully
peers.
|
|
The Psychology of Cyber Space.
John
Suler, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Science and Technology Center Rider
University
Computer
and Cyberspace Addiction
This hypertext book explores the psychological aspects of environments created
by computers and online networks. It presents an evolving conceptual framework
for understanding how people react to and behave within cyberspace.
|
|
Pew Internet.
More than half (55%) of all of online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites, according to a new national survey of teenagers conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The survey also finds that older teens, particularly girls, are more likely to use these sites. For girls, social networking sites are primarily places to reinforce pre-existing friendships; for boys, the networks also provide opportunities for flirting and making new friends.
|
