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Empowering Parents: Internet Safety for Teens

Learn about parental empowerment in online safety for teens, including statistics on teens' online behavior, parental monitoring methods, and the creation of online content. Understand the challenges parents face and the importance of internet education. Stay informed to protect your teens online.

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Empowering Parents: Internet Safety for Teens

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  1. Parents and Teens:Filters & Content CreationParental Empowerment and Convergence DialogueInternet Education FoundationFebruary 17, 2006Washington, DC

  2. Methodology • Interviewed 1100 parent-child pairs via telephone • Sample pulled from RDD samples • 4 focus groups with MS & HS students • Tracking surveys of Adult Americans

  3. Teen & Parent Internet Basics • 87% of teens 12-17 online • 80% of parents online • 68% of all adult Americans online • Of 13% of teens who don’t go online, 1 in 10 say that fears, bad experiences, or their parents keep them offline • 47% of offline teens once went online • 50% of online Americans have broadband • Overall, there are more American adults who are not online (32%), than who have dial-up internet access (28%).

  4. Protecting Teens Online • Filtering—54% of families filter • Public computing location—73% • House internet rules—64% • 62% of parents….33% of teens say they/their parents check up on teens after they go online • Filtering up, others stable

  5. Demographic Differences • Younger parents & parents of younger teens are more likely to filter/monitor • African-American and Hispanic parents generally report greater levels of all rules/observational behavior • Online parents monitor more

  6. Online Behavior Parent & Teen Attitudes • 81% of parents and 79% of teens agree that kids are not as careful as they should be about the information they give out online • 62% of parents and 62% of teens agree that kids do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about • Overall, most parents believe that the internet is a good thing for their children

  7. Parents Plead: Make it Easy For Us • Parents overwhelmed • Less Tech Savvy • 82% of online teens have helped an adult do something online that they couldn’t do with out assistance • 72% of online adults have helped another adult • 54% of online adults have helped a child (under 18)

  8. Teens and Content Creation • 57% of online teens have created content for the internet • 19% Blog • Website: personal (22%), group or school assignment (32%) • 33% Share original content • Artwork • Photos • Writing • Videos • Songs • 19% Remix content found online into a new creation

  9. Creation of Content by Adults • 44% of American adults have created some kind of content • 21% have posted photos to a website • 17% have posted written material • 18% have remixed content they’ve found online into a new creation

  10. Content creation by Adults (2) • 13% maintain a personal website • 9% have a blog • 7% have used a webcam to post live images to a website • 6% have posted artwork • 5% have posted an audio file to a website • 3% have posted a video file Using the Content • 11% have an iPod or mp3 player • Of those, 27% have downloaded a podcast or internet radio program so they could listen to it later. • 27% of adults read blogs, 38% of teens do

  11. Final Thoughts • Parents believe in the internet, and think it is good for their kids… • …but they also worry about how their teens are using it • And they want tools to help keep their teens safe • Tools must be flexible… • …but simple and easy to use • Amateur content is already a big issue and is only going to get bigger

  12. Related Pew Internet Reports • Protecting Teens Online • Teens and Technology • Teen Content Creators and Consumers • Content Creation Online

  13. http://www.pewinternet.org Amanda LenhartSenior Research SpecialistPew Internet & American Life Project

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