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

 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

What does marketing research tell us? Child Wise (United Kingdom) 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 Media total: 5.2 hours 2.5 hours TV hours gaming hours mobile phone=5.2 consume-media-now/

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? teens/ /1 teens/ /1 teens/ /1  Other media used by teens: Instagram, a new "app" for sharing photos; ooVoo video chat; blogs and microblogs

 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: Activites-Total.aspx Activites-Total.aspx

So what about U.S.? - marketing research  Much more of an alarmist picture: Toptenreviews  review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about- teens-and-social-networking.html review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about- teens-and-social-networking.html 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

 Youth Internet Safety Surveys: 2000, 2005,  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 – Journal of Adolescent Health, 50: 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

 Stanford University researchers - March 2012  8- to 12-year-old girls: media (video, music, homework, phone talk, /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/ , video use, and media multitasking  F2F communication was negatively related – the more F2F, the lower the number of bad influence friends

 “Cute young adult websites”: not cute for pre-teens  

 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

 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 (  Free software: K9 Web Protection by BlueCoat (  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