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Children in primary school currently show little risky behaviour within the media. However, this changes rapidly when they move on to secondary education. They then start using media more intensively – sometimes up to 7 hours a day – become more carefree (sharing private information online, adding strangers on social media profiles), and develop a lack of focus. To prevent risky behaviour at a later age, it is important for parents to actively engage in media education while their children are still in primary school. Children aged 10-11 are still open to discussing this topic at home, even though they are already interacting more actively with media. According to research conducted by Dialogic on behalf of Mediawijzer.net, parents express that they believe the primary responsibility for media education lies with them rather than the school. To optimally fulfil their role as media educators, it is important for parents to have a better understanding of their own media usage and its influence on their children's (future) media behaviour.
For the full press release, visit Mediawijzer.net. For more information: Hugo Gillebaard (gillebaard@dialogic.nl), 030-215 05 87.