Project details

Methodology
Project title	Telefono Azzurro- Eurispes Nono Rapporto Nazionale sull'Infanzia e l'Adolescenza. [Ninth National Report on Childhood and Youth.]
Country or countries	Italy (IT)
Language(s) of report	Italian
Funder of research	NGO or charity
Date of fieldwork	2009
Main research focus
Target group studied	Children
Description of studied group
Age of children studied	7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18
Methodology	Quantitative
Size of sample	5803
If survey, scope of sample	Sub-national
Topics covered
	Access and use; Risks and harm
Findings
	• 26.5% of the sample spend 1 hour online per day, 22.5% up to 2 hours, 16.5% between 2 and 4 hours and 12.9% more than 4 hours per day. • Main online activities are: pursuit of personal interests (90.5%), search of school-related material (80%), download of music, films, games (72.5%) and watching videos on YouTube (69%); 7 children out of 10 make new friends or keep in touch with pre-existing friends through social networks and MSN Messenger, which have replaced email. • 11.5% have been offended or have received sexual messages by someone their age on the internet; 7.7% have been groomed by an adult; moreover, 8% of the interviewees report meeting online an adult pretending to be their age.
Further information
Relevant publications	NA
Report accessibility	Printed or online report
URL of report	http://www.microsoft.com/italy/newscenter/Default...
Dataset publicly available
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