April 28, 2005
Study Confirms Parents' Net-Illiteracy
From Techdirt: Study Confirms Parents' Net-Illiteracy, But What Does It Mean?:
Concerns a study, titled UK Children Go Online. BBC
Some interesting facts from the study:
Skills gap between parents and children: Only 16% of weekly and daily user parents consider themselves advanced compared with 32% of children
Most porn is viewed unintentionally: 38% have seen a pornographic pop-up advert while doing something else, 36% have accidentally found themselves on a porn site when looking for something else, and 25% have received pornographic junk mail.internet safely.
Parents face some difficult challenges: 18% of parents say they don’t know how to help their child use the internet safely.
Confusion about filtering: In homes with internet access, 35% of children say that filtering software has been installed on their computer while 46% of parents claim this.
More education: 75% want to see more and better teaching and guidance in schools while 67% want more and better information and advice for parents.
Improved technology: 66% want improved filtering software, 54% improved parental controls and 51% improved monitoring software.
Posted by rshah at April 28, 2005 08:39 PM
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