Behavior of adolescents on the internet
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | R&D Presentation |
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| Description | In one of our previous studies we found out that approximately half of Czech adolescents assume different moral rules on internet, compared to reality. This finding initiates research that examines qualitative differences between similar situations, taking place both in virtual and real worlds. This study also focuses on a formation of 'being-guilty feelings' and a representation of how such a behaviour is sensed by the other internet users. Data was collected by means of interviews with 16 participating informants including 8 girls and 8 boys, both aged between 12-20 years. The study reveals that the adolescents venture on doing things which they would not normally risk in the real life. Ambivalently perceived anonymity apperas to be the most meaningful factor - more privacy and more possibilities for experimentation at the expence of a mistrust feeling towards the other users. Another significant factor is a particularity of the internet environment in which the adolesents move, and which provides or, on the contrary, embarrasses their undesirable behaviour in the reality. |
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