SAFER INTERNET DAY 2015
Let’s create a better internet together
Celebrated on 10th February 2015
Let’s create a better internet together
Friendship in a Digital Age Research
For Safer Internet Day 2015 the UK Safer Internet Centre launched a report into the role technology plays in young people’s friendships. The survey of 1,004 young people aged 11-16 years was published Safer Internet Day 2015, 10th February
Introduction
Over a quarter (26%) of UK 11-16 year olds use 6 or more social networks or messaging apps on a weekly basis, according to the online study of more than a thousand 11-16-year-olds conducted by ResearchBods.
When questioned about their time spent on social networks and messaging apps, 55% of young people said that they see people posting kind, positive or supportive things all or most of the time.
The majority also felt that people are kind to them (63%) and to their friends (59%) on the internet all or most of the time.
Key findings
55%
of 11-16s interact with their closest friends several times an hour
60%
of 11-16s say they’d be lonely if they couldn’t talk to friends via technology
41%
of 11-16s say they communicate with their friends more online than in person
