China is less than 10 years old, Internet users exceed 20 million children.
recently, a 8 year old boy in Chengdu stole the phone of his parents and turned 6700 yuan to buy the game equipment through WeChat, again. The discussion of the phenomenon of the low age of netizens by public opinion. The double-edged sword of the Internet has brought great convenience and hidden dangers of violent pornography and network security, especially in recent years.
the Internet low age phenomenon is common
now, mobile terminals are springing up like mushrooms, the Internet's antennae are everywhere, and smart devices such as mobile phones and computers are just as common as toys. This year, 11 year old netizen Gao Xiaoqin, after finishing his homework every day, he will sit in front of the computer screen, staring at "happy sheep" "gray wolf", before sleeping with the parents of the tablet computer games. The latest data from
China Internet Information Center shows that as of June 2016, the total number of netizens in China reached 710 million, and the netizens under 19 years of age accounted for 23% of all netizens. Among them, over 20 million 590 thousand netizens aged under 10 years of age accounted for 1/10 of the total number of children in China. Compared with the data at the end of 2015, the proportion of children under the age of 10 has increased, and the use of the Internet is constantly infiltrating young children.
in June this year, the Tencent report on the guidelines for children's safety online pointed out that 90% of Chinese children are in contact with the Internet in their daily lives, of which urban children are close to 95%, and that the age of 56% of children in the last year was even less than 5 years old.
in fact, the purpose of using Internet in different age stages is not the same. The report mentioned that low school age and preschool children under 8 years of age are the main purpose of watching video and listening to stories, while for senior and junior high school students, playing games and assisting in homework occupy most of their Internet time.
children's addiction to network hidden risk
children's low age touches the advantages and disadvantages of geometry? For the topic of "different people and wise men", the endorsers often think that the Internet is beneficial to the development of children's intelligence, the growth of knowledge, and the broadening of the field of vision; and the opponents say that the online information is mud, the children are lack of screening and self-control, and the low age touch net often does more harm than good.
"usually when a child cries, the parents will look at the pictures and animations on the phone, and they will immediately calm down. Over time, parents are accustomed to using this way to divert children's attention. Sun Yunxiao, the chief expert on family education at the China Youth Research Center, said that in the long run, children will use the Internet more and more frequently, and the dependence on the network will gradually increase, so it is difficult to control the children's Internet time through a simple "broken net".
worries about the hidden risks of children's addiction to the Internet. Ming Chung Feng, Deputy Secretary General of China's green network construction and Communication Alliance, is deeply worried. He believes that children are often less aware of the risk of safety, and over the Internet, network bullying, harassment and so on their psychological damage, and even long-term attention to bad information will induce the risk of crime.
"with network games as an example, Internet users often use the psychological characteristics of Teenager Players, interest preferences and so on, and set up some pay traps to induce their recharge. Just a lot of minors' self-control ability is limited, and the economy is not independent, it is easy to lead to theft, fraud and other illegal activities. Ming Zongfeng said.
children safe access to the Internet needs to be shared by all parties,
"now children are even more than parents for their mobile phones and computers, and become the real 'Internet Aboriginal people." Gao Xiaoqin's mother Tan Li exclaimed in an interview with reporters. There is no reason for parents to worry, but if the network may have the "disadvantage", and try to prevent the children from contact with the network, it is no doubt the cause of choking. After all, "you use or not, the Internet is there."
"Internet is good or not, the key is guiding." Sun Yunxiao believes that in the face of the phenomenon of children's low net age, parents should not blindly "plug", and should think of ways to "sparse". "Children need more face-to-face interaction at this age, such as parent-child games, outdoor activities, etc. Although it looks like "time consuming", these are really good for children's growth.
in addition, compared with the sharp increase in the number of children online, there is also the absence of school network security education. "Most schools do not pay enough attention to the students' network literacy education, and few schools offer courses such as network communication and media literacy, but it is very early to pay attention to the education in this field." Sun Yunxiao said.
however, in order to truly realize the wind of the network space, to protect the children scientifically and safely, it is far from enough for the guidance and control of the family and the school. Ming Zongfeng believes that the Internet management departments should further standardize the network operation, speed up the legislative process and improve the supervision; the content producers should be strictly self-disciplined, and the cultural industries such as network games should bear social responsibility and guide the social development by setting up correct values. In addition, the future "network classification" will be a good way to eliminate corruption. This is a limitation of content producers, and it will also give parents a hint that it should be a direction of efforts.