© 2013 TILA 1 Ethical and Privacy Issues Sabela Melchor Couto (University of Roehampton, London) TILA Teacher Training Young People and the Internet

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 2 Ethical and Privacy Issues Kids OnlineKids Online: EU-funded research project. 25,000 kids aged 9-16 surveyed. From 25 European countries. How often do kids use the Internet? What do they do online? What do they know about e-safety? Here’s a quiz on some of the results obtained.

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 3 Ethical and Privacy Issues How much time do kids aged 9-16 spend online? a.58 minutes per day b.88 minutes per day c.113 minutes per day

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 88 minutes 9-10 year-olds spend an average of 58 minutes online per day year-olds spend 113 minutes per day. Most children aged 9-16 (60%) connect to the Internet everyday or almost every day. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012:3). 4 Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 5 Ethical and Privacy Issues What’s the average age of first Internet use in Europe? a.7 years old b.9 years old c.11 years old

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 9 is the average age of first Internet use in Europe. In the UK and the Netherlands, 8 is the age of first use. In Spain it’s 9 and in Germany, 10. (Livingstone et al., 2011a:15) 6 Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 7 Ethical and Privacy Issues What are their most common activities online? Can you organise them from most to least frequent? a.Instant messaging b.Blogging c.Playing games d.School work e.Using a webcam f. Watching videoclips g.Posting images

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Correct answer: (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012:3) d. School work (85%7) c. Playing games (83%) f. Watching video clips (76%) a. Instant messaging (62%) g. Posting images (39%) e. Using a webcam (31%) b. Blogging (11%) 8 Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 9 Ethical and Privacy Issues How many kids have an account in a social networking site? Link the age group with the right percentage. a year olds b year olds c year olds d year olds 16% 26% 37% 49% 73% 82% 94%

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Correct answer:  26% of the kids aged 9-10 have a social networking profile.  49% of year-olds.  73% of year-olds.  82% of year-olds. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012:3) Additional information:  26% have public profiles. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012:3)  Girls, and children from higher socioeconomic status homes, appear more likely to keep their social networking profile private. (Hasebrink et al., 2011:8)  Social networking is most popular in the Netherlands (80%), Lithuania (76%) and Denmark (75%), and least in Romania (46%), Turkey (49%) and Germany (51%) (Livingstone et al., 2011b:5). 10 Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet 11 Ethical and Privacy Issues Do kids know how to block unwanted websites, change privacy settings, etc.? a. Most of them do. b. Only some of them do. c. No.

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Correct answer: 64% of year olds know how to block messages from unwelcome contacts. 64% can find safety advice online. 56% can change privacy settings. 51% can block spam. (Haddon and Livingstone, 2012:3) 12 Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Young People and the Internet Ethical and Privacy Issues

© 2013 TILA Over to you Does the information included here reflect your school’s reality? Now you can move on to the next presentation, on Potential risks and hot to prevent them. Ethical and Privacy Issues Sabela Melchor Couto (University of Roehampton, London)

© 2013 TILA Bibliography  Haddon, L. and S. Livingstone (2012) EU Kids Online: national perspectives. EU Kids Online, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. This version available at:  Hasebrink et al. (2011) Patterns of risk and safety online. In-depth analyses from the EU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries. LSE, London: EU Kids Online. SERO%29.pdf SERO%29.pdf  Livingstone et al. (2013) In their own words: What bothers children online? eports/Intheirownwords pdf eports/Intheirownwords pdf  Livingstone et al. (2011c) Social networking, age and privacy. EU Kids Online, London, UK.This version available at:  Livingstone et al. (2011a) EU kids online: final report. EU Kids Online, London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK.

© 2013 TILA Bibliography  Livingstone, S. et al. (2011b) Risks and safety on the internet: the perspective of European children: full findings and policy implications from the EU Kids Online survey of 9-16 year olds and their parents in 25 countries. EU Kids Online, Deliverable D4. EU Kids Online Network, London, UK. This version available at: