Essay - An Analytical Assessment of Adolescent's Awareness and Their Lack of...

AN ANALYTICAL ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT'S AWARENESS AND THEIR LACK ***** IMPLEMENTING INFORMATION SECURITY AND ONLINE PRIVACY REGULATIONS of (82525) 83436

AN ***** ASSESSMENT OF ADOLESCENT'S AWARENESS AND ***** LACK ***** IMPLEMENTING ***** SECURITY AND ONLINE ***** REGULATIONS

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The report entitled: "Children and Interactive Media: Research Compendium Update" relates: Since the 2000 report, both large- and small-scale studies have been published on children's in-home use ***** interactive media." (Wartella, Lee and Caplovitz, 2002) It is noted that when compared to the 1997-1998 Census statistics, recent ***** "indicate greater ***** saturation in the home. The most recent national survey, involving 1,235 parents of 2 to 17 year olds and 416 eight ***** sixteen year old was conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. According to ***** 'Media in the Home 2000' survey, American children live in a media-rich environment. In homes with children ages 2-17, 70% owned a computer, 68% owned video games, ***** 52% had online access. For non-interactive media, 98% of households had at least one television, 97% owned a VCR, 78% had a subscription ***** basic cable and 31% to premium cable, ***** 42% subscribed ***** a daily newspaper. For the first time, ***** access surpassed newspaper *****s. ***** media ***** begun to permeate many children's bedrooms: Among 8- to 16-year-olds, 20% had a ***** in their bedroom, of which 54% h*****d *****ternet access." (Wartella, ***** and *****, 2002) Wartella, Lee and Caplovitz (2002) report that the Pew Research Center in 2000 "conducted large scale studies of *****'s Internet use. According to the ***** Internet ***** American Life Project (N = 754; Lernhart, Rainie, Lewis, 2001), 45% of teens ages 12 ***** 17—which projects to 17 million American youth—*****d the internet. Of online activities ***** these teens have done, sending and receiving email was most frequently reported, followed by Websurfing for fun, visiting entertainment sites, and ***** instant mess*****. Relatively few teens reported having ever looked for health-related information, creating a Web page, and looking for in*****mation on a topic that ***** difficult to talk about. For most ***** in this study, the place where they were ***** likely to use the internet was the home. Three-quarters of teens reported going ********** at ***** a couple of times a week, ***** frequency of use increased with ***** experience ***** the internet and with age. Instant messaging (IM) was a popular online activity, with 74% of the sample reporting such use, compared to 44% of adults. Almost 70% ***** teens used instant ***** at least a ***** of times a *****, and 45% of online teens ***** using IM every time they went *****. An important appeal of IM is the ability ***** stay in touch with friends and relatives who live far away." (Wartella, Lee and Caplovitz, 2002) Adolescents spent most of *****ir time online the Internet, playing video games ***** generally using ***** computer." (Wartella, Lee and Caplovitz, *****) Wartella, Lee ***** Caplovitz (2002) state that almost "three-quarters ***** ***** teens *****d 12-17