Australian young people are highly connected people, on the whole. Part of the reason, probably, is that they're such mobile users. They're "disproportionately likely" to be online with a smartphone or other handheld device, according to the AU Kids Online report. "Whereas 46% of Australian [9-to-16-year-olds] say they access the Internet via a smart handheld device other than a basic mobile … [Read more...] about Net use: How young Australians line up with kids in 25 other countries
youth online risk research
Online risk in kids’ own words: A research milestone
Up until now, the vast majority of studies about youth online risk have presented kid respondents with risks pre-determined by adults – for example, "the four main risks on the public policy agenda," as the authors of a new report from EU Kids Online put it. Rarely do surveys of and about children ask the kids about risk from their own perspective.* So this is news: With its new report "In … [Read more...] about Online risk in kids’ own words: A research milestone
Important granularity on Net risk for teens: Study
An article in the medical journal Pediatrics this month makes significant additions to what we know about youth risk online in two areas: parenting and risk factors for older teen girls (the sample was girls 14-17). The authors of "Association of Maltreatment With High-Risk Internet Behaviors and Offline Encounters" pointed to what we already know: that "95% of American adolescents have Internet … [Read more...] about Important granularity on Net risk for teens: Study
Individual & social ’embodiment’ online: Key eating-disorders study
"Eating disorders affect between 1 and 4 percent of young adult women" and are on the increase, diagnoses having "risen more than 50% since the 1970s," according to the authors of "Pro-anorexia Communities and Online Interaction: Bringing the Pro-ana Body Online." But, before this important study, rare coverage in the news media did little besides increase speculation that these communities are … [Read more...] about Individual & social ’embodiment’ online: Key eating-disorders study
Bullying still > cyberbullying, but most kids do neither
Researchers keep coming up with different numbers, but what doesn't change is that… Most kids do not engage in bullying or cyberbullying There's considerable overlap between online and offline aggression among kids who do Bullying is not on the rise, but there's more of it going on than cyberbullying The prevalence of cyberbullying has been widely overstated. "Reports of a … [Read more...] about Bullying still > cyberbullying, but most kids do neither