When today’s young people are looking for info, chances are they are not turning the page. A Synovate survey of 960 Australians between the ages of 8 and 24 shows young people prefer the Internet to newspapers.
Almost half of those surveyed said the web was the best place to keep up-to-date. Fifty-eight per cent stated it was the best place to find information. While newspapers were tabbed as the second best way to keep up-to-date, only two per cent of those surveyed said they enjoyed reading actual newspapers. The survey indicated online newspapers were liked by younger people.
This latest survey just shows that the Internet is becoming more and more a part of everyday life for young people. The concerning part for parents is that unlike most mainstream newspapers, which generally abide by some sort of codes of decency, the web is filled with a wide variety of content. It is not that young people are just logging onto one newspaper online, they can go anywhere!
The journal Cyber Psychology and Behavior recently featured an article stating males between 12 and 17 who regularly view pornography online had sexual relationships at an earlier stage than those who did not regularly see Internet pornography. One way to try to reduce the risk of your kids searching for – or even stumbling upon – inappropriate material is to install parental controls software, such as PGsurfer. This type of software seems to be underutilized.
Believe it or not, the use of blocking software is declining in America [in conjunction] with the rise of the use or pornography by children,” Pat Trueman, the former chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in the Justice Department, was quoted as saying in a OneNewsNow.com article. “There’s sort of a disconnect there … so blocking software is very important.”
Robin
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