Young People Can’t Live Without Internet
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009A survey in the UK has found that 75% of 16 to 24 year olds feel that they “couldn’t live” without the Internet. It was funded by the Nominet Trust and carried out by YouthNet.
It found that four out of five young people look to the Internet for advice, and one third felt that there was no need to talk to a person face to face about their problems because of the resources that are available online.
The survey’s author, Professor Michael Hulme of Lancaster University said “For young people the Internet is part of the fabric of their world and does not exist in isolation from the physical world”.
Open University psychologist Graham Jones believes that “probably the middle-aged are the most vulnerable”.
“I think children, teenagers and people under their mid-20s have grown up with technology and they understand it deeply.
“So-called silver surfers have got time to learn about it and understand it as well. One of the biggest problems for children is not that they are vulnerable but that their parents don’t know what they’re doing.”
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