Project details

Methodology
Project title	Impactul social si cultural al internetului asupra adolescentilor si tinerilor din Romania[Social and cultural impact of the internet on Romanian adolescents and teenagers]
Country or countries	Romania (RO)
Language(s) of report	Romanian
Funder of research	Public funding
Date of fieldwork	2007
Main research focus
Target group studied	Children
Description of studied group
Age of children studied	15; 16; 17; 18
Methodology	qualitative
Size of sample	Pupils of high-school, N=30, 16 girls and 14 boys,in-depth interviews;
If survey, scope of sample	Representative on a regional level
Topics covered
	Access and use; Activities
Findings
	• The internet is seen by young people as a way of life (it is a technology that is naturally part of their lives and is not considered new or special). • Using the internet is often associated with communication (to some extent it replaces telephone communication, which is seen as more expensive). • The internet is associated with ‘freedom’ (lack of control, no limits). • Parental control occurs in rare cases and only in terms of use (the respondents had not heard of parental control software installed and lacked any computer skills). Parental control is related to placing a computer connected to the internet in a common room (not in the teen’s room) and moving the computer to a common room is sometimes seen as a sign of ‘punishment’. • In relation to school: parents widely noted the internet to be valuable to children in their school (this explains the high penetration rate, even in low-income households).
Further information
Relevant publications	Stefanescu, S.(2008). Impactul social si cultural al internetului asupra adolescentilor si tinerilor din Romania[Social and cultural impact of the internet on Romanian adolescents and teenagers]. Final Report
Report accessibility	Printed or online report
URL of report	http://www.ec.ubi.pt/ec/05/pdf/EC05-2009.pdf...
Dataset publicly available
Contact details of investigator	Simona Stefanescu