Engl. transl.: Adolescents on the Internet: 2012-2013 Research Report from Primary and Secondary Schools for Education Professionals

This report summons research findings from the national Czech project "2011 - 2013, Risks of Internet Use for Children and Adolescents" which focused on adolescents and online risks.

• not all adolescents want to socialise with others online (reasons could be worries about information misuse on social network sites or preference of offline contacts) • adolescents perceive social groups with both offline and online meetings as the most influencing ones (with the greatest support and influence on their behaviour and attitudes) • online groups could be potentially dangerous, e.g. by supporting topics that are socially perceived as negative (e.g. support of unhealthy lifestyle or aggressive behaviour); these groups are visited by small number of adolescents, one third of them believed that their parents would consider these groups as dangerous • adolescents use internet for sex use (as a source of information, sexual arousal or for a mean for sexual communication) • internet also provides unsolicited sexual content while using common apps like Facebook, YouTube and less likely by email attachments • less than the half of the adolescents obtain sexual information from adults • cyberbullying was experienced only by few pupils, even though it is a serious topic; according to data cyberbullying attacks prevail less amount of time (less than half a year); however it has to be mentioned that these attacks can have negative impacts on cyber victims for a long time • cyberbullying is not only online but also offline (translated by the coder)