Internet Use and Access, Behavior, Cyberbullying, and Grooming: Results of an Investigative Whole City Survey of Adolescents.
Marco Flavio Michele VismaraJoseph ToaffGiuliana PulvirentiChiara SettanniEmma ColaoSerena Marianna LavanoRiccardo CemicettiDavid CotugnoGiuseppe PerrottiViviana MeschesiRoberto MonteraBarbara ZepponiUmberto RapettoRosa MarottaPublished in: Interactive journal of medical research (2017)
The results offer a breakdown of the teenagers' use of the Internet, focusing on how teenagers learn to use and access it while taking into account factors such as parental coaching, schooling, or self-education. It describes how they approach and interact with social networks and how they perceive risks and risky behaviors on the Internet. Information technology must be seen as an instrument and not as a hindrance. For this to happen, parental guidance, schooling, and medical counseling are needed for a sound development of the child in this critical stage.