Report: Young People's Needs In A Digital Age
Life Support Report
(WORLD) DK made me aware of a delicious new report from the good folks at YouthNet. The report entitled ‘Life Support: Young people’s needs in a digital age‘ looks at how digital communications have impacted on the psychological and neurological behaviour of young people.
Notable highlights from 100 young people aged 16-24 years include:
- 75% said that they couldn’t live without the internet
- 45% said that they felt happiest when online
- 32% agreed with the statement: ‘I can access all the information I need online, there is no need to speak to a real person about my problems’
- Four in five (82%) said they had used the internet to look for advice and information for themselves and 60% had for other people
- 37% said that they would use the internet to give advice to others on sensitive issues.
This report is particularly interesting to MediaSnackers as we undertook a study into how young people felt about the Web, in ‘The Web Makes Me Feel‘. Here we gathered information from nearly 500 young people aged 13-19 years and delivered a report from Dr Kelly Page of Case Insights to highlight an area of analysis that we felt wasn’t being addressed.
Whilst our report focused on feelings specifically, such a wealth of handwritten responses provided us with much bigger spectrum of information than we expected: Sites that young people couldn’t live without, specific uses, attitudes, valuable information regarding educational and communication uses and much more.
Download the full YouthNet report here and download the executive summary on The Web Makes Me Feel here
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