TapTechNews September 12th news, according to the comprehensive reports of China National Radio and China Central Television Network, and Guangming Daily, the Institute of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Social Sciences Academic Press jointly released the Blue Book of Teenagers: Report on the Internet Use of Chinese Minors (2024) today.
The report points out that with the rapid development of Internet technology and minors' earlier access to mobile phones, online communication has become a new form of self-presentation, expression and need satisfaction for the minor group. While promoting minors' emotional communication and identity recognition, online communication has brought many problems, such as Internet addiction, deception, decline in independent thinking ability, and damage to physical health.
The masking of the relationship between both or multiple parties in communication by technology during the process of Internet use, and the false satisfaction of minors' social desires and individual needs by various Internet applications constantly stimulate minors to immerse in the 'home-based' communication field, making the minors' real life replaced by the mechanized and manipulated Internet life.
TapTechNews summarizes the main contents of the report:
The age of minors' first Internet access continues to decrease, and the urban-rural difference in the time of minors' Internet access is relatively significant;
Mobile phones are still the main device for minors to access the Internet, and various types of AI Internet access devices begin to emerge;
Leisure and entertainment is the main purpose of minors' Internet access, and there are more diverse Internet gameplay in urban areas;
Minors' Internet information retrieval, Internet content creation and other basic skills continue to improve, and the age of mastering Internet skills continues to advance;
Minors' perception of the negative effects of the Internet continues to increase, and is affected by factors such as gender, region, family structure and accommodation mode;
Minors' the popularity rate of Internet literacy courses is not high, and their Internet security and rights protection deserve further attention;
Internet buzzwords are the most popular gameplay among minors, and the phenomenon of Internet imitation is prominent;
Game socialization is gradually becoming a trend, and there is a certain gender difference;
Internet literature,二次元, Chinese style and national trend and other Internet cultures gradually affect the values of minors;
Parents' regulation of minors' Internet access is relatively common, and there is a 'mutual teaching of Internet skills' within the family, and family relationship has a significant impact on minors' Internet behavior.
There are outstanding problems in the Internet use of minors including but not limited to the following:
AI technology and equipment are gradually getting the attention of minors, but their AI literacy needs to be improved;
Minors' Internet follow-up imitation phenomenon is prominent;
The actual usage rate of the 'youth mode' is still relatively low.
The report suggests that it is necessary to fully study the opportunities and challenges brought by the new generation of AI technology to minors' Internet use, pay attention to improving the AI literacy of minors; it is necessary to strengthen the Internet education for younger children and attach importance to the role of peer demonstration; it is necessary to encourage Internet platforms to explore the use of AI technology to create a personalized and companion 'youth mode'.
The ranking of Internet a ccess devices owned by minors in various regions is as follows:
Urban areas: mobile phones (55.2%), iPad/tablets (38.5%), smart watches (23%).
Rural areas: mobile phones (74.2%), iPad/tablets (13.2%), computers (11.9%).
In Internet socialization, the proportion of minors taking the initiative to display personal information is relatively high, and the awareness of privacy information protection is insufficient.
Among minors who announce their gender on the Internet platform, boys account for 44.8%, girls account for 47.9%.
The personal information disclosed by minors is in the top four, for boys, it is gender, age, school, name; for girls, it is gender, age, name, QQ/WeChat number.
Minors have weak awareness of personal information protection, and the disclosure of their real information is prone to cause risks and hidden dangers both online and offline.