"After 00" children become the main force of the screen

With the advent of the “Internet Plus” era, smartphones, tablet PCs, and mobile Internet applications have changed the habits of children in the contemporary age. “00” has gradually become the main force for “sweeping the screen”. On May 31st, the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League, the Guangzhou Municipal Working Committee for Small Workers, the Children’s Palace of Guangzhou City, and the Children’s Palace Research Center of the Chinese Youth Palace jointly issued the “Children and the Media”—2014-2015 Guangzhou Children's Media Literacy Special Project. "Research report", this survey is targeted at 3-4 years old students and their parents to conduct a questionnaire survey and personal interviews, received a total of more than 1,000 effective questionnaires.

Use mobile phones mainly to play WeChat

With the popularity of mobile smart devices, what do you love to do everyday after the “00 00”? The survey results showed that nearly 40% (39.7%) of the “00-plus” children in Guangzhou had access to a tablet computer before the age of 6 and more than half (56.0%) of the 7-year-olds had a tablet. Accumulated data show that 51% of primary school students use tablet computers, 67.7% for second graders, 80% for third graders, 89.6% for fourth graders, 94.9% for fifth graders, 97.7% for sixth graders, and 100 for junior high schools. %.

Although almost 40% of children started using tablets before the age of 6, only 9.1% of children of this age have mobile phones. However, when a child grows up to 10 years old, he or she often has a mobile phone and becomes a “lower family”. Why do you need to use mobile smart devices after 00? 32.7% of children said that they use mobile phones mainly to play WeChat.

At the same time, the study also found that the Internet has become an important way for children and young children to learn independently. Most of the “post-2000s” think that online new media can make them “easily search for all aspects needed”. The 14.4% "00" indicates that if they encounter difficulties in their studies, they will seek help online the first time. This proportion is more prominent in the "post-00" age of 13-14, as high as 27.2%.

70% of children have online games

Online games are the most enthusiastic entertainment activities after "00." In this survey, 70.7% of children said they had played online games. Moreover, over 40% (40.7%) of the children playing online games indicated that they had joined the online league. This percentage rose to 66.7% among children aged 13-14.

In addition to making online friends, 17.4% of children playing online games are willing to spend money on online games. It is worth noting that 63.8% of the children claimed their games from their families, and 36.2% of the children were looking for a classmate and a friend to borrow money.

The survey pointed out that with the emergence of new media product blow-outs, especially the popularity of mobile devices, the phenomenon of "mobile terminals + mobile network + APP = easier to indulge in the network" phenomenon. The data shows that the weekend is the peak time for children and screen contact. As time goes on, the time for using electronic media on the weekends after “00s” is also increasing, and it is used in “post-00s” ages 13-14. Up to 60% of the time exceeds 60 minutes.

Nearly 50% of parents and children did not "concern" each other

However, research shows that most parents don’t know enough about their children’s behavior on the screen and they are also worried. When asked whether parents and children have paid attention to each other on social media, nearly 50% of parents said no. And 52.9% said they did not play video games with children.

In addition, only 17.5% of parents would approve of their children's access to the Internet. The reasons for their disapproval were concerns about delay in learning, contact with bad information, making bad friends, affecting eyesight, and being deceived.

How should parents guide their children to use the Internet rationally? Zhang Haibo, chief counselor of the Guangzhou Young Pioneers team, said that parents play an irreplaceable role in the development of children and should pay high attention to children’s Internet behavior. However, Zhang Haibo does not recommend that parents take the measure of mandatory monitoring. “Parents should establish a new parent-child relationship with their children and use their attitude to understand their campus life and online life.”

The issue of cybersecurity not only affects adults, but children and children are also gradually affected. Zhang Haibo stated that there are four major problems in current cybersecurity for children and youth: bad information identification, online dating fraud, cyberbullying, and personal privacy protection.