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• 45% of schoolchildren use the internet 1-2 times a week and spend 1-3 hours in a single session. More than a fifth of children use the internet every day; some spend 10-20 minutes (37%), and some 5-10 hours (8%). Every eighth child admitted that he or she ‘lives on the internet’.
• Most of the students actively use the internet for communication: write online diaries (90%), communicate via Skype (87%), instant messaging (mainly ICQ) (62%), chatrooms and different social networks (57%); 73% listen to audio records, 68% watch videos, 60% are involved in different actions and voting, 77% play online games, 56% visit sites that they are not allowed to see. Only 44% of schoolchildren say they use the Internet for studying (and only 10% often do that).
• For most students the perception of the internet is dominated by positive emotions: they feel interest (15%), curiosity (14%), joy (13%), surprise (10%) and satisfaction (10%).
• 76% of children say that the internet is dangerous in some way; 53% of children are categorical in this evaluation. 11% of children online are frustrated and angry, a fifth of children faced with information that irritates them and causes unpleasant emotions. Only 12% of teens do not see any danger in the internet.
• 80% of the students note aggression, harassment, insults and humiliation as some of the main internet threats. More than 75% face sexual harassment and calls to harm themselves or others; 60% often face fraud and theft. More than half of adolescents encounter unethical advertising, pornography and viruses.
• On the basis of what schoolchildren do and what they are looking for online, seven types of internet users were allocated: ‘curious’, ‘rebels’, ‘communicators’, ‘players’, ‘consumers’, ‘pupils’ and ‘business’. These types do not exist separately; adolescents tend to engage in various activities online, often simultaneously.
• 68% of parents, according to children responses, do not prevent their freely use of the Internet and do not limit them in time. According to children, only 16% of parents have set rules about time and monitor what sites child visit.
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Relevant publications |
Soldatova, G., Zotova, E., Chekalina, A., Gostimskaya, O. (2011) Солдатова,Г., Зотова,Е., Чекалина,А., Гостимская,О. Пойманные одной сетью. Социально-психологическое исследование восприятия интернета детьми и подростками. М.
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