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PARENTS‟ CONCERNS AND OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT CHILDREN DO ON THE INTERNET Of the following threats, computer viruses, cyber bullying/harassment, sexual predators, theft of financial information, theft of money, and identity theft, 73.4% of parents were concerned about computer viruses, 70.3% were concerned about sexual predators and 54.7% were concerned about cyber bullying/harassment. In terms of exposure to inappropriate content on the internet, parents rated that they were most concerned about their child being exposed to pornography (75%), violence (71.9%) and hate advocacy (67.2%). The things of least concern about children being exposed to were online advertising (60.9%), social networking (53.1%) and alcohol/tobacco (48.4%). A number of health and safety problems are linked specifically to internet use - i.e. compulsive internet use/ “internet addiction,” or are a consequence of internet use -i.e. lack of sleep or physical activity. In terms of the internet affecting children‟s health and safety parents were asked to rate their concern about a number of these problems. Figure 19. Percentage of parents who rated that they were concerned to extremely concerned about the impact of internet use on their children in a range of health and safety problems % of Parents 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Approximately 50% of the parents were concerned about internet use causing „internet addiction”, lack of sleep and isolation from the family. 44 LMCP Bendigo Region Report
The internet poses a number of opportunities for young people to participate in illegal or unethical activities such as plagiarism, cyber bullying, illegal file sharing, publishing obscene material and computer hacking or spreading viruses. Parents were asked to what extent they were concerned about their child/children participating in illegal activities. The issue they were most concerned about was illegal downloading/sharing (39%) and posting inappropriate content (37.5%) and they were least concerned about their child/children hacking (78%). Interestingly, only 30% of parents were concerned that their child will participate in cyber bullying. RESPONDING TO THREATS AND PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNET PREVENTATIVE CONVERSATIONS Parents were asked to what extent they had spoken to their child/children about seeing pornographic content, people who want to talk to children about sexual topics online, and people who harass, threaten or bully them online. Table 15. The extent to which parents have talked with children about inappropriate exposure, people or behaviours online. Have your talked to your children about: Seeing pornography online Sexual predators online No Yes a little Yes moderately Yes extensively 14 (24.1%) 8(13.8%) 19(32.8%) 17 (29.3%) 8 (13.8%) 11(19%) 19 (32.8%) 20 (34.5%) <strong>Cyber</strong> bullying 6 (10.3%) 12 (20.7%) 17 (29.3%) 23 (39.7%) REPORTING OF BULLYING/HARASSMENT AND SEXUAL SOLICITATION Parents were asked if they knew of places where they can report online bullying or harassment. Eighteen parents (31%) answered that they knew of a reporting stream and the types of places they suggested were the police, schools, ACMA, or the social network providers. Of the 18 parents who answered that they knew of a reporting stream, only 8 of these parents felt that reporting online bullying and harassment was somewhat to very effective. Parents were asked if they knew of places where they can report online sexual harassment or solicitation of their child. Ten (17%) parents reported that they did know of a reporting stream and the types of places they suggested were primarily the police. Overall 8 of these parents felt that reporting online sexual harassment or solicitation was somewhat to very effective. 45 LMCP Bendigo Region Report
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Page 4 and 5: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Cybersafe Su
Page 6 and 7: Many young people reported being ex
Page 8 and 9: Messages from students regarding th
Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION The internet and other
Page 12 and 13: For both parents and teachers, a co
Page 14 and 15: RESULTS RESPONSE RATES STUDENT RESP
Page 16 and 17: STUDENT SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS The gen
Page 18 and 19: Figure 3. Activities on the interne
Page 20 and 21: Figure 6. Percentage of year 9-10 s
Page 22 and 23: Figure 8. Percentage of grade 4-6 s
Page 24 and 25: When asked if they knew how to get
Page 26 and 27: Table 4. What best describes your o
Page 28 and 29: INDICATORS OF COMPULSIVE USE Possib
Page 30 and 31: ONLINE HARASSMENT Students were ask
Page 32 and 33: To understand the online harassment
Page 34 and 35: Table 12. Frequency of types of onl
Page 36 and 37: UNDERSTANDING LAWS REGARDING THE IN
Page 38 and 39: On a positive note some students re
Page 40 and 41: Parents were asked to answer the fo
Page 42 and 43: Figure 17. Proportion of parents wh
Page 46 and 47: INTERVENTIONS TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE
Page 48 and 49: PARENTS‟ UNDERSTANDING OF LEGAL A
Page 50 and 51: WHAT DO YOU THINK ADULTS NEED TO KN
Page 52 and 53: ATTITUDES TO INFORMATION AND CONNEC
Page 54 and 55: (90%) and 85.7% reported hate advoc
Page 56 and 57: Figure 26. Percentage of teachers w
Page 58 and 59: SOCIAL NETWORKING The majority of h
Page 60 and 61: need for internet use rules to enco
Page 62 and 63: is brought to bear on and taught ex
Page 64 and 65: managing the impact of their comput
Page 66 and 67: surveyed from grade 4 to year 9. Th
Page 68 and 69: ONLINE SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND MET
Page 70 and 71: SUMMARY In summary, the Cybersafe S
Page 72 and 73: APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Table 17. Con
Page 74 and 75: APPENDIX 2 Table 18. All websites l
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