What is upsetting our children online?

The Internet offers children opportunities as well as risks. However, the risks children are exposed to are still unknown. A total number of 420 Malaysian children aged 9-16 were asked to fill a 54-items questionnaire measuring Child Online Risks. The result shows that children are more exposed to ‘...

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Main Authors: Teimouri, Misha, Hassan, Md Salleh, Bolong, Jusang, Daud, Azlina, Yussuf, Serina, Adzharuddin, Nor Azura
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: Elsevier Ltd. (ScienceDirect) 2014
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Summary:The Internet offers children opportunities as well as risks. However, the risks children are exposed to are still unknown. A total number of 420 Malaysian children aged 9-16 were asked to fill a 54-items questionnaire measuring Child Online Risks. The result shows that children are more exposed to ‘Unwanted Exposure to pornography’ such as seeing obscene materials on websites (31%), and ‘Potential harmful risks’ such as seeing bloody movies or photos (26%), people being beaten up (26%), and hate messages (16 %). Malaysian children are in danger to encounter with online risks such as pornography and violence materials.