Meeting Online Strangers among European Children
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology |
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| Web | http://www.medimond.com/proceedings/moreinfo/20110823_index.pdf |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | internet; meeting online strangers; online risk; EU Kids Online |
| Description | The present article deals with children’s practice of contacting new people online and going to face to face meetings with these people. Building on a series of theories, we analyzed the factors that were connected with meeting new people in the case of children surveyed by the EU Kids Online project (2009-2011). Older children, girls and heavier, self-confident communicators tend to expand more their social circle through contacting new people. The connection with sensation seeking behaviour, risky offline behaviours, emotional problems as well as problematic internet-related activities, such as exposure to online sexual content and excessive internet use, should raise some concerns, in spite of the small number of affected children. |
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