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A very small minority (5%) replied that they were threatened online and excluded from chats more than once a week or daily.
Figure 2 All social networking sites require registration.
Overall, two thirds of the websites surveyed require a date of birth at registration, offer a blocking option and use text scanning software to monitor chat content.
Only one site (Face-to-Face) includes all the features.
Exercise B 1 Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Tell students that each space may be for more than one word. They will also need to practise the expressions they used for quantity in Exercise A.
Feed back with the whole class, pointing out the use of past tenses when reporting findings.
2 Set for individual work. Remind students to use linking words and to begin with a topic sentence. This paragraph continues the Findings section of the report.
Answers Possible answers: 1 Findings
Firstly, on the positive side an overwhelming majority (90%) of the young people interviewed (say) said that they were never threatened online. Only a tiny minority (5%) (report) reported being intimidated in chat rooms and 85% of the respondents (claim) claimed they were never teased or excluded from chats. In addition, a large majority (70%) (report) reported that they never received anonymous text messages, and a significant majority (60%) (state) stated that they were never harassed or insulted by other chatters. Moreover, a large number (80%) (indicate) indicated that they were never slandered online. Finally, the website survey revealed some positive aspects. Firstly, all the websites surveyed featured registration, and two/two thirds required a date of birth. Only one website, however, included all the security features.
2 Despite the generally positive note of the survey, there were also several negative results. For example, Figure 1 shows that a significant minority (30%) of the respondents claimed that they were harassed and insulted online more than once a month; while a smaller minority (15%) reported being teased regularly by other chatters. A very small number (10%) indicated that they were insulted daily. A similar minority claimed that they received anonymous text messages and were excluded from chats more than once a week.
Figure 2 shows that, although one social networking website provided a high level of security for children, and another offered a reasonable degree of protection, the third website offered only 50% of the possible security features.
Exercise C
Tell students to look at the notes on the right-hand page. Ask checking questions about the information in the notes, e.g.,
Why does the writer say that the Internet is not as risky as we think?
What other responses are positive?
What conclusion does the writer make about the levels of insults and harassment?
Why is it a bad thing that only 150 people responded and only 3 websites surveyed?
Tell students that the discussion section of a report is where they interpret findings and therefore can give their opinions on the findings. They should write a paragraph using the ideas in the notes. Set for individual work.
Answers Possible answers: Discussion
It is clear from the results of this survey that the majority of young people are safe online. Threats are very rare, which raises the question of whether the Internet is as dangerous as some would think. Teasing is also infrequent, possibly because young people use their online communications for support and friendship. On the other hand, while insults are quite common, they are probably understood as friendly banter. Nevertheless, there is a significant amount of harassment online, where it is easier to avoid retaliation. It is of some concern, though, that not all websites insist on knowing the user’s date of birth or offer a blocking option. A limitation of the research was that only 7.5% of the questionnaires were returned, and only three websites surveyed, which was not enough to produce reliable data.
Exercise D
1 Get students to cover the Conclusion. They may well remember what it said, but, even if they don’t, they can work out what it should say based on the Findings and the Discussion and, of course, on the Introduction. Set for individual work and pairwork checking. Do not confirm or correct.
2 Refer students to the Conclusion to check their ideas.
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