PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE IN REFERENCE TO THEIR CHILDRENS SAFETY ON THE INTERNET.

PARENTS’ QUESTIONNAIRE IN REFERENCE PARENTS’ QUESTIONNAIRE IN REFERENCE TO THEIR CHILDREN’STO THEIR CHILDREN’S SAFETY ON THESAFETY ON THE

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• I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

• 1. Gender: □ Male (21) □ Female (19)

• 2. Age: □< 35 (5) □ 35-40 (8) □ 41-45 (13)

□ 46-50 (8) □ 51-55 (4) □ >56 (2)

• 3. Level of studies: □ Primary School(14) □ Senior School (7) □ High School (12)□ University (5) □ Master (2) □

PhD(0)

• 4. Profession: The group consists of civil cervants, nurses, tradesmen, housewives, teachers, farmers, salesmen, accountants, engineers, mayors, drivers, advocates, massager, architect.

• 5. Number of children: • □1 (3) □ 2 (8) □ 3 (13) □ >3 (16)

• 6. Do you have a computer at home? □ Yes (26) □ No (14)

• 7. If yes, do you have an internet connection? □ Yes (26) □ No (14)

We can see that if they have a computer at home,they also have an internet connection,too.

• II. PARENTS’ LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE INTERNET

• 8.What is your level of internet knowledge? (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5= a

lot)

1 (9) 2 (7) 3 (13) 4 (6) 5 (9) As you see, most parents have

medium-level of internet knowledge. The number of the parents saying “I don’t know anything about internet.” and saying “I know a lot.” is the same.

• 9. Where does your internet knowledge derive from and to what extent: (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5= a lot)

From special seminars lessons

1 (9) 2 (3) 3 (3) 4 (10) 5 (7)

From my own use of internet

1 (10) 2 (2) 3 (4) 4 (11) 5 (1)

From relevant ready material

1 (6) 2 (4) 3 (2) 4 (2) 5 (0)

From my children 1 (10) 2 (2) 3 (6) 4 (3) 5 (0)

From my friends 1 (9) 2 (8) 3 (2) 4 (1) 5 (0)

Most people in the target group say they learnt the use of internet from special seminars or lessons. 12 of them learnt by using themselves. 10 of them say they didn’t learn from their children. Most of them didn’t learn from friends.

We can conclude that parents like learning the internet by themselves or by means of courses. They don’t like getting help from their children or friends.

• 10. Have you ever used the internet options below? Internet search Yes (30) No

(10)

E-mail use Yes (15) No (23)

Chat Yes (22) No (17)

Audiovisual Communication (e.g. Skype) Yes (27) No (16)

Social networking (e.g. facebook) Yes (16) No (22)

On-line shopping (e-shopping) Yes (13) No (25)

Participation in internet games Yes (18) No (21)

Web-design / blogs publishing Yes (10) No (27)

Software download Yes (12) No (23)

Music download Yes (18) No (16)

Movie download Yes (11) No (23)

Photo download Yes (10) No (26)

Hacking Yes (10) No (24)

e- banking and public services via the net Yes (10) No (24)

Other activities (please specify) x x

• 11. To what extent do you believe you are aware of internet dangers? (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=a lot)

1 (5) 2 (5) 3 (6) 4 (13) 5 (12)

We can understand from the numbers that 25 parents think they are aware of the dangers. We must try hard to raise the awareness of public against internet dangers.

• 12. The following are some of internet ‘dangers’? To what extent do you believe that these are dangerous?

(Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5= a lot)

Downloading software that comes from interception 1(5) 2(3) 3(12) 4(2) 5(17)

Access to pages with illegal, immoral, violent,Racist content etc.

1(5) 2(3) 3(12) 4(2) 5(17)

Direct communication with strangers (in chat roomsblogs msn)

1(7) 2(4) 3(9) 4(6) 5(9)

Spam messages (threatening, sexually harassing etc.) 1(6) 2(3) 3(5) 4(8) 5(14)

Social networking, eg facebook 1(8) 2(9) 3(3) 4(5) 5(11)

Addiction to gambling, games of chance 1(7) 2(3) 3(8) 4(2) 5(16)

Personal data interception 1(8) 2(1) 3(8) 4(9) 5(9)

Information of doubtful quality or reliability 1(10) 2(5) 3(11) 4(3) 5(5)

Copyright violation 1(8) 2(3) 3(4) 4(6) 5(16)

Participation in internet fraud 1(8) 2(4) 3(8) 4(3) 5(12)

Unsafe financial transactions 1(2) 2(4) 3(8) 4(8) 5(15)

Internet use addiction 1(6) 2(3) 3(4) 4(5) 5(17)

Harm to health 1(2) 2(4) 3(8) 4(8) 5(15)

Social alienation/ isolation 1(6) 2(2) 3(11) 4(5) 5(13)

• 13. How often do you use the internet? (Circle one of the following options)

• □ Less than 3 hours per day(12)• □ More than 3 hours per day(10)• □ Once or twice per week (9)• □ Once or twice per month (3)• □ Once or twice per year (3)• □ other (Please specify) (3) As you see, one quarter of the target

group uses the internet more than 3 hours a day. It shows a tendency to the addiction of internet.

• III. EXTENT TO WHICH PARENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DANGERS THEIR CHILDREN FACE WHEN USING THE INTERNET

• 14. What is the age of your child that uses the internet the most?

…… years old (in total 40 parents have 116 children)98 of them are under 18 years old & 18 of them are older than 18.

We can see that most of the users are teenagers.

ATTENTION! THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONREFER TO THE CHILD OF YOURS USING THE

INTERNET THE MOST.15. How often does your child use the internet? (Please circle one of the following options)□ Less than 3 hours per day (12) □ More than 3 hours per day (15)□ Once or twice per week (10) □ Once or twice per month (1)□ Once or twice per year (0) □ I do not know / I am not sure (3)□ other (Please specify)………………………,As I said before, 26 parents have computers and internet connection at home. In this chart, we see 27 children use internet every day. We can conclude children who have internet connection at home use the internet more or less than 3 hours a day. The other numbers refer to the children who go to the cafes.

• 16. How often does your child access the internet from the computer? (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1= not at all and 5=a lot)

they have at home 1 (6) 2 (1) 3 (6) 4 (2) 5 (15)

they use at school 1 (8) 2 (6) 3 (5) 4 (4) 5 (8)

of friends 1 (7) 2 (6) 3 (3) 4 (3) 5 (3)

at internet cafes 1 (4) 2 (5) 3 (10) 4 (8) 5 (1)

of relatives (cousins,

uncles etc.)1 (11) 2 (6) 3 (4) 4 (3)

5 (5)

• 17. During which part of the day does your child use the internet the most? (Please circle one of the following options)

Morning Yes (5) No (10)

Noon Yes (9) No (7)

Afternoon Yes (18) No (4)

Evening Yes (26) No (4)

After midnight Yes (2) No (11)

Children mostly prefer to use the internet in the evening and in the afternoon. They rarely use it in the morning or after midnight.

• 18. In which room is the computer your child uses?

(Please circle one of the following options)• □In his/her own room (18)• □In your room (4)• □In common rooms (e.g. living room) (16) 18 children use the computer in his/her own

room, that means their parents trust them. 16 of them have the computer in common rooms, that means every member of the family can see what he/she is doing in the internet. Only 4 children have the computer in his/her parents room, that means the eyes of parents are always on their children. They strictly check what their children are doing in the internet and also they are afraid of the internet dangers for their children.

• 19. Are you or any other adult member of the family somewhere nearby when your child uses the internet?

(e.g. adult sister/brother, relatives)

□ Yes (15) □ No (25)

25 of them don’t want to disturb their children when they use the internet while 15 of them are anxious about what their children are doing in the internet.

• 20. To what extent are the following actions dangerous for your child according to you?

(Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=a lot)

Downloading software that comes from interception 1(10) 2(4) 3(7) 4(5) 5(11)

Access to pages with illegal, immoral, violent, racist content etc.

1(6) 2(1) 3(4) 4(5) 5(19)

Direct communication with strangers (in chat rooms,blogs,

msn etc.)

1(7) 2(1) 3(13) 4(7) 5(4)

Spam messages (threatening, sexually harassing etc.) 1(5) 2(4) 3(5) 4(3) 5(20)

Social networking, e.g. facebook 1(10) 2(4) 3(7) 4(5) 5(11)

Addiction to gambling, games of chance 1(8) 2(3) 3(3) 4(10) 5(20)

Personal data interception 1(8) 2(1) 3(8) 4(9) 5(9)

Information of doubtful quality or reliability 1(7) 2(3) 3(5) 4(6) 5(11)

Copyright violation 1(9) 2(5) 3(6) 4(5) 5(8)

Participation in internet fraud 1(7) 2(2) 3(8) 4(3) 5(11)

Unsafe financial transactions 1(2) 2(4) 3(8) 4(8) 5(15)

Internet use addiction 1(3) 2(4) 3(7) 4(4) 5(16)

Harm to health 1(1) 2(9) 3(7) 4(9) 5(9)

Social alienation/ isolation (introversive) 1(3) 2(8) 3(3) 4(7) 5(14)

• IV. MEASURES TAKEN BY THE PARENTS FOR CHILDREN’S PROTECTION

• 21. Have you ever discussed internet dangers with your child? (Please circle one of the following options)

• □ I would like to, but I do not know the dangers (2)

• □ I would like to, but I do not know how to do so (5)

• □ Yes, I have already discussed them (17)• □ No, because I completely trust my child (16) 17 parents say they have already discussed

internet dangers with their children. 16 of them say they haven’t discussed because they trust their children. 7 parents want to talk to their children but they don’t know either the dangers or how to discuss with their children.

• 22. Has your child informed you whether s/he has ever been in any kind of danger during internet use?

□ Yes (14) □No (26)

The children of 26 parents have never faced with a danger in the internet while 14 of them have informed their parents he/she has faced with a danger.

• 23. To what extent can the following choices protect your child from the dangers of the internet? (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=a lot)

Installation of antivirus programmes 1(5) 2(3) 3(7) 4(4) 5(14)

Supervision by you ( the parents) in case of children’s

access to chat rooms, blogs msn etc.

1(4) 2(4) 3(9) 4(7) 5(11)

Regular checks of the PC by you ( the parents) for files

with suspicious content

1(5) 2(5) 3(5) 4(5) 5(15)

Installation by you (the parents)of software and e-mail

filters

1(3) 2(3) 3(9) 4(7) 5(11)

Report of activities on the internet from certain services, e.g. MSN Premium

1(6) 2(4) 3(9) 4(9) 5(8)

Informing the children at school on the subject of internet dangers

1(16) 2(4) 3(7) 4(5) 5(11)

Forbidding the children to use the internet 1(9) 2(4) 3(17) 4(8) 5(8)

• 24. To what extent do you believe that the possibility of full internet protection can be realized? (Please circle a number from 1 to 5, where 1=not at all and 5=a lot)

• 1 (3) 2 (4) 3 (17) 4 (8) 5 (8)

Most of the parents are undecisive for this question. 16 of them are optimist about the possibility of full internet production while 7 of them are pessimistic about it.

IN CONCLUSION;

Most parents have had internet connection at home for the last 5 years. That’s why they aren’t aware of the internet dangers very much. We are planning to open a course for parents about the dangers of the internet in the near future.

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