This week saw the release of two interesting Internet surveys on online safety.
On Monday, Common Sense Media released, “Is Social Networking Changing Childhood?”
Common Sense Media today released the results of a national poll of teens and parents on social networking behaviors. The poll, conducted by The Benenson Strategy Group, illustrated that kids increasingly connect with friends, classmates, and people with similar interests through social networks – and that parents are out of the loop. According to the poll’s key findings, teens admit to many behaviors while using social networks:
- 22% of teens check social networking sites more than 10 times a day, while only 4% of parents believe kids are checking that much
- 28% have shared personal information that they normally wouldn’t have shared in public
- 25% have shared a profile with a false identity
- 39% have posted something they regretted
On Tuesday, Symantec released a report, “School’s Out and Your Kids Are Online:”
According to OnlineFamily.Norton, kids’ top 100 search terms include sites like YouTube, eBay and Craigslist, as well as social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. The words “sex” and “porn” also made it to the top, ranking number four and six respectively.
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