Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.1-18, 2021 (Hakemli Dergi)
The purpose of this study is to reveal the changes that occurred between
2010 and 2015 in the Internet activities performed, Internet use
skills, online risks, and coping strategies related to such risks of
children between the ages of nine and 16 in Turkey as well as the impact
of the contextual issues on such changes. An explanatory design using
mixed research methods was used for this study. In the quantitative part
of the study, the data were collected from 784 children between the
ages of nine to 16 who were selected, via a survey, from 12 regions in
Turkey in 2015. The data were compared to 2010 data which used similar
sampling method and instruments and which collected from 1018 children.
In the qualitative part of the study, 84 participants were interviewed,
including two children, two parents, two teachers, and a school
administrator from each of the 12 regions. The results showed that the
Internet access age for children has gradually decreased and that
children's Internet access time has increased. An increase has also
occurred in regard in the activities performed by children online, such
as social networking and watching online movies or video clips, which
adds up to an increase in the entertainment factor related to the
Internet for children. A significant increase has also occurred in the
number of children who feel uncomfortable when they are not online, seek
new friends online, and receive general sexually explicit messages over
the Internet due to the long hours that they spend online.