1. Laura Hubbs-Tait, Ph.D. Regents Professor Cooperative Extension Parenting Specialist Human Development and Family Science

2.  Consider the source:  Data sources for information on children and the internet:  Marketing Research – for profit, selling ads  Marketing to kids – games, phones, music, etc.  Marketing to parents – “protect your kids”  Survey Research Centers – nonprofit  Social Science Research Publications – usually university sponsored research

3. What does marketing research tell us? Child Wise (United Kingdom) http://prezi.com/2itsvqxabjlf/children-and-their-media-2012/ http://prezi.com/2itsvqxabjlf/children-and-their-media-2012/ Highlights of Child Wise press release: 5 to 16 year olds: 1. 71% have a mobile phone with internet access  51% use that mobile phone to access the internet 2. Average more than 60 minutes/day on mobile phone activities other than calls. 3. More than half had accessed Facebook in the previous week 4. 39% of participants who had visited Facebook were under 13 5. Media total: 5.2 hours 2.5 hours TV + 1.6 hours gaming + 1.1 hours mobile phone=5.2 http://www.tnooz.com/2012/01/26/news/kids-today-travellers-of-the-future-and-how-they- consume-media-now/

4. So what about U.S.?-USA Today from Ypulse (profit)  Teens are using other social media such as Foursquare and Tumblr (microblog like Twitter).  Facebook wants children under 13 to have a Facebook page with parental supervision.  Do teens want more privacy (response to parents as Facebook friends) and so turn to apps and networks with less supervision? http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-06-20/facebook- teens/55723500/1 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-06-20/facebook- teens/55723500/1 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-06-20/facebook- teens/55723500/1  Other media used by teens: Instagram, a new "app" for sharing photos; ooVoo video chat; blogs and microblogs

5.  Teen Internet Use ( 799 parents and 770 teens)  93% of 12- to 17-year old “teens” access the internet (teens: 95%)  Teen Social Networking Use  75% participate in a social network (80% of teens say “yes”) Not-for-profit research: http://www.pewinternet.org/Trend-Data-(Teens)/Online- Activites-Total.aspx http://www.pewinternet.org/Trend-Data-(Teens)/Online- Activites-Total.aspx

7. So what about U.S.? - marketing research  Much more of an alarmist picture: Toptenreviews  http://facebook-parental-controls- review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about- teens-and-social-networking.html http://facebook-parental-controls- review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about- teens-and-social-networking.html http://facebook-parental-controls- review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about- teens-and-social-networking.html  Note that this is targeted toward marketing software for parental controls of social media

8.  Youth Internet Safety Surveys: 2000, 2005, 2010 http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/papers.html http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/internet-crimes/papers.html  Three categories of online dangers surveyed each year: Jones, L.M., Mitchell, K.J. & Finkelhor, D. (2012). Trends in youth Internet victimizations: Findings from three youth Internet safety surveys, 2000 – 2010. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50: 179-186. Trends in youth Internet victimizations: Findings from three youth Internet safety surveys, 2000 – 2010 Trends in youth Internet victimizations: Findings from three youth Internet safety surveys, 2000 – 2010 Up - Includes cyberbullying Down but still disturbing

9.  Stanford University researchers - March 2012  8- to 12-year-old girls: media (video, music, homework, phone talk, email/posts/text/chat), F2F communication, and well-being  Media multi-tasking = additional media used when a child is using one already. Mean = 1.4 (i.e., 1.4 above the first)  What predicts SLEEP?  Negatively: TV in room, video use of media, online communication use, cell phone ownership, age.  Above and beyond these: media multi-tasking  Positively: face-to-face (F2F) communication  What predicts # friends who are bad influence?  Phone talk, online talk/chat/posts/email, video use, and media multitasking  F2F communication was negatively related – the more F2F, the lower the number of bad influence friends

10.  “Cute young adult websites”: not cute for pre-teens  www.someecards.com www.someecards.com  www.reddit.com

11.  Parenting style: authoritative  Warm and affectionate with high limits and expectations  Parent-child attachment: secure  Sensitive and responsive to the needs of the infant/child – from birth  Open and frequent communication  Related to attachment and parenting style  Can be improved in parent education programs

12.  Check the History in a Browser –  Records 20 days – or more.  History can be set to delete on Exit.  History can be set to delete on Exit.  To check this, Open Internet Explorer, Click on Tools (if it's not visible hit the Alt key), then Internet Options. In the middle of the window you will see a checkbox titled "Delete browsing history on Exit."  To check this, Open Internet Explorer, Click on Tools (if it's not visible hit the Alt key), then Internet Options. In the middle of the window you will see a checkbox titled "Delete browsing history on Exit."  This checkbox should NOT be checked.  Free software: K9 Web Protection by BlueCoat (www.k9webprotection.com).  Free software: K9 Web Protection by BlueCoat (www.k9webprotection.com).  This tool installs to your Windows or Mac and links to web browsers.  This tool installs to your Windows or Mac and links to web browsers.  You set a password to it so that your children can't access it or sites you don't want them to visit.  You set a password to it so that your children can't access it or sites you don't want them to visit.  Instantly blocks harmful sites (pornography, violence, gambling