In 2016, a survey asked Italian adolescents which were the main dangers while browsing online. Meeting people who hide their true identity was perceived as a danger by 54 percent of teenagers, while 50 percent of them was afraid if being reached out by complete strangers.
According to you, what are the major dangers a person of your age could run into the Internet?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Meeting people who are not who they say they are
54%
Being reached out by strangers
50%
Receiving sexual requests from adults
47%
Putting online own pictures/videos without consideration
41%
Being contacted for sexually explicit pictures in exchange
39%
Not being able to detach from the mobile phone or social media
35%
Being mocked/humiliated from peers
32%
Seeing violent pictures which might be disturbing
31%
Proceeding to a purchase without realizing it
31%
Spreading information/video which humiliates someone
30%
Visiting adult-only websites often
28%
Visiting websites which glorify anorexia or suicide, racism or drug abuse
25%
Online gambling
25%
Being robbed through the credit card
20%
Illegally download music/video/movies
19%
Playing violent videogames
15%
Shopping a lot online with the credit card without realizing
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Doxa . (February 9, 2016). According to you, what are the major dangers a person of your age could run into the Internet? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/583034/awareness-of-dangers-on-the-internet-italy/
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Doxa . (2016). According to you, what are the major dangers a person of your age could run into the Internet?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/583034/awareness-of-dangers-on-the-internet-italy/
Doxa . "According to You, What Are The Major Dangers a Person of Your Age Could Run into The Internet?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/583034/awareness-of-dangers-on-the-internet-italy/
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