Steven Wilson Barry Evans Administration, Business & Computing Faculty Gryffe High School

Gryffe Cluster Safer Internet Day 2016 Awareness raising session for Parents and Carers

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report The amount of time 8-11s and 12-15s spend online has more than doubled since from 4.4 hours a week in 2005 to 11.1 hours in 2015 for 8-11s and from 8 hours to 18.9 for 12-15s... and 12-15s now spend nearly three and a half hours a week more online than they do watching a TV set. More children have internet access at home than in and compared to 2005, more are going online in their bedroom. Over half of 2-4s and three-quarters of 5-15s use a tablet in and tablets are now the device most often used for going online, among all age groups except 12-15s … The study, among 2,000 adults and 800 children, finds that six year olds claim to have the same understanding of communications technology as 45 year olds – Aug 2014 … since 2005 the mobile phone has overtaken the TV set as the device 12-15s would miss the most. Tablet use amongst 5-7 year olds increased by 15% to 69% since 2014 Nov 2015 – Key facts Children’s media access and consumption

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report For the first time in 2015, 12-15s who watch TV and YouTube content are more likely to say they prefer to watch YouTube 21% of 8-11s and 74% of 12-15s have a social media profile Children are more likely than in 2014 to think that various kinds of online information are “always true” Nov 2015 – Key facts (from 3% in 2014 to 8% in 2015) (from 12% to 23% for 8-11s; from 8% to 14% in 2015 for 12-15s) Children’s media access and consumption … and 12-15s are now more likely than in 2014 to say they would turn on YouTube for true and accurate information about world events …. fewer 12-15s in 2015 nominate Facebook as their main social media profile while more are nominating Snapchat

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report Children’s Experience of online risk Nov 2015 – Key facts … 16% of 12-15s said they had seen something online that was worrying, nasty or offensive in the past year. … 96% of children who go online recall receiving advice about online risks, particularly from their parents. 78% of 12-15s are most likely to cite their parents, along with other family members, as the people they would tell if they saw something online that they found worrying, nasty or offensive. … amongst 12-15s, 7% have added people as ‘friends’ whom they have only had contact with online, while 4% have sent a photo/video of themselves. 15% chat with people they don’t know when playing games online. … 9% of 12-15s say they have been bullied in the past year with 6% experiencing bullying in person Seven in ten 12-15s in 2015 believe that most people behave differently online. The proportion of children who have encountered content online that has concerned them is similar in 2005 and 2015 The number of 8-11s and 12-15s who say they have received advice about online risks has increased since 2014 Children’s reported online contact with people they don’t know is relatively low in 2015 Bullying is more likely to happen in person rather than via text message, social media or online games

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report Parental Concerns and mediation Nov 2015 – Key facts Controls on TV services have increased for children since 2005 Concerns about collection and use of children’s personal information, and about advertising, are higher than or similar to those about content In 2015 most parents (65% of parents of 5-15s) agree they know enough to help their child manage online risks Over nine in ten parents in 2015 mediate their child’s use of the internet in some way In 2015 over half of parents of 5-15s use technical tools to manage their child’s online access and use... in 2015 more than 57% of households with children aged 5-15 have PIN controls....32% concerned about their child giving out personal details to inappropriate people, 24% about the amount of advertising in games, 21% concerned about their child feeling pressured to make in-game purchases. … however since 2014 there has been an increase in the number (from 78% to 83%) who do not trust their child to use the internet safely. Using technical tools; regularly talking to their children about managing online risks; supervising their child; having rules about access to the internet and behaviour while online. … but in % of parents of 8-15s said they thought their child would be able to unset, bypass or over- ride home network-level filters, and 21% thought this about parental control software.

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