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Issue: Online Privacy: Annenburg Internet and the Family Study
Comments from Chris Hunter,
Ph.D. Candidate, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania--
The Annenberg Public Policy Center's "The Internet and The Family 2000" survey focuses
on Internet connected-families' concerns about online privacy, but it also has a few
interesting questions on how parents feel about "dangerous" net content. This is the
second time we've conducted this survey so we can see how attitudes are changing over
time. Two questions in particular reveal a trend towards less fear of net
content:
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"I am concerned my child/children might view sexually explicit images on the Internet."
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1998 - 76% agree
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2000 - 72% agree (statistically significant difference)
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"The Internet is a safe place for my children to spend time."
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1998 - 40% agree
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2000 - 51% agree (statistically significant difference)
In my humble opinion these results show that the Internet is becoming a mainstream
medium. As more people come online, look around, and get comfortable with the
technology, they realize that the net is not as dangerous as media reports have led them
to believe. I would anticipate that as more and more people come online, this trend
will continue.
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