EFFECT INTERNET CRIME TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Hai everyone...
Do you know that internet crime give a bad impact to development of children and adolescents??
for example the child pornography which is familiar in young generation today...
Now I want to share with you all about some information that I found in internet...

It is critical to view the Internet as a new social environment in which universal adolescent issues pertaining to identity formation, sexuality, and self-worth are explored in a virtual world (Subrahmanyam et al.). As a social context, the Internet enables multiple communication functions, such as e-mail, instant messaging (IM), chat, and blogs, to allow adolescents
to participate and co-construct their own environments (Greenfield & Yan, 2006). According to data from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the vast majority (89%)
of teens use e-mail; 75% use IM, which allows them to have multiple simultaneous conversations with a defined group of peers. Over 50% of teens possess more than one e-mail
address or screen name, which they can use to send private messages to friends or to participate anonymously in online forums, such as chat rooms.

Easy and continuous access to the Internet provides tremendous opportunities for adolescent socialization, allowing them to connect with their peers as well as with completestrangers from across the world. Clearly, the Internet is transforming the social world of adolescents by influencing how they communicate, establish and maintain relationships,and find social support. Therefore, it is essential to gainawareness of both the potential benefits and risks of teen
Internet use, and provide strategies to guide safe and positive practice.

RISK FACTORS OF TEENS INTERNET USE

Although the Internet has consistent positive impacts on modern society, it has also caused various societal concerns about privacy, security, pornography, Internet crime, and
virtual community (Greenfield & Yan, 2006). Its easy accessibility poses greater risks and dangers for youth as compared to other forms of media. According to the
National Altitudinal Poll, the number one media concern for parents has shifted from television to the Internet: 85% of parents reported that among all forms of media, the Internet
posed the greatest risk to their children (Common Sense Media, 2006). Parental concerns are valid, especially considering that teens are essentially free to view and post whatever they choose and communicate with whomever they want. Hand in hand with this, the Internet has become a highly effective and profitable means of distributing sexually explicit
material, as well as a sophisticated channel for compulsive sexual behavior, sex trafficking, and sex crimes (Galbreath & Berlin, 2002). According to a survey performed by the
London School of Economics (2002), 90% of children between ages 8 and 16 have viewed pornography on the Internet. In most cases, the sex sites were accessed unintentionally when
a child, often in the process of doing homework, used aninnocuous word to search for information or pictures.Such free access and exposure to this information byadolescents who have not yet developed a full maturitycould pose negative impacts on adolescent developmentand could potentially manifest in their social interactionswith peers, their sexual activity, and their emotionaldevelopment.


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