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Safeguarding Children and Young People Online. Dr. Claire Meehan University of Auckland [email protected]. Young People’s Internet Usage. Time spent online Online-offline blurring Risks and harms. My Research 1: Drug Harms. Abundance of unregulated information - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Young People’s Internet UsageTime spent
online Online-offline
blurringRisks and harms
My Research 1: Drug HarmsAbundance of unregulated
informationPolarisation of informationAddition of online peersBlurring of online-offline personaDrug user as drug educatorIncreased risk of harm
Sexting, Sexploitation and GroomingImpacts:IndividualFamily and friendsCommunityWider society
Education, information and trainingUnited KingdomAustraliaNew Zealand
Roastbusters in he New Zealand Media
Impact of this attentionThe need to educate young
peopleShines a light on cyberbullyingCan be too narrow – does not
focus on drug/ alcohol harms or sexual harms
More money for research: new projects and evaluations of existing programmes
Prevention and EducationInformation technology now forms an
integral part of the education system in many countries
We should not try to censor the Internet
Raising awareness for young peopleRaising awareness for parents and
teachersSecure online environmentsA collaborative approach
My Research 2Exploratory conversations with
educationalists and stakeholders in New Zealand
Aims, objectives and methodology
Desired outputs
Comments and suggestions welcome!
Thank you!
