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Staff Seminar, University of Auckland 2014. Research has shown that the consequences of grooming, sexting and cyberbullying are devastating for school-aged young people, yet New Zealand lags behind international best practice with no national educational initiatives. This project will explore students, teachers and stakeholders’ knowledge of online safety with the overall goals of knowledge translation and formulating change. The project will achieve this aim by: exploring needs and identifying existing provision of educational initiatives; developing recommendations; and, implementing these recommendations. Outputs will address significant health and social issues in New Zealand, fill a national gap in research and knowledge, and ultimately safeguard young people online. This project is in its infancy and the implications of conversations to date with educationalists and stakeholders was discussed.
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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:
Wider society
Community
Family and friends
individual
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!
