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The year of the blog
As the New Year starts, awards are recognising some of the best blogs of 2005. Schemes such as the “Bloggies” and the “Eddies” are blogs’ answer to the Oscars. New awards such as “Best teen blog” and “Freedom of expression” reflect the some of the trends in the blogosphere.
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Young Danes "don't know the risks" of open chat profiles
Blogs, web pages and chat profiles. Children and young people love to create their own content on the internet, and many of them are pros. But are the children so expert when it comes to safety issues?
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Cybersports underrepresented in Hungarian media
The Hungarian Electronic Game Association (HEGA) and “level up” TV-magazine on video-game culture and science have been working together for the past year to raise awareness of videogaming.
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Teachers want extra measures for a safer internet
90% of Dutch teachers think their school should take extra measures to improve the safety of pupils on internet. Most cited examples are class conversations about online behaviour, education of teachers and improved communication with parents.
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Slovenia forms internet safety advisory group
The new advisory body, representing a wide range of groups, was one of the outcomes of the first Slovenian stakeholders meeting in December 2005.
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Blogs, moblogs and vlogs
User-generated content, communications and services represent a significant proportion of the material accessible online. Children and young people are increasingly becoming active consumers, creators, and producers of user-generated content, moderating and disseminating content in both online and related offline environments.
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Greek survey reveals blogging can seriously damage your friendship
A recent survey of 150 Greek bloggers has shown that while most consider their blogs to contain 'personal ramblings', a third say they have experienced problems as a result of their content. One of the issues is that most bloggers write about friends and family without permission.
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Internet awareness brochures distributed with new computers
One of Sweden’s largest suppliers of personal computers, ATEA, will distribute the SAFT Safe Use Guide for parents with all their computers. The brochure contains ten tips to parents on safer use of the internet for children and young people.
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Super explorers teach Swedish kids awareness
The Swedish awareness node has produced a textbook and teaching aid for young children 5–8 years old, called: “Sniff the net – first steps to alert use of the internet.”
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Editorial
Last year was the first full year of operation for the Insafe network and a busy one for all. Finland finished the year with an awareness campaign about posting photos online and a 24-hour online chat on Christmas Eve. See the Country Focus section for the full stories.
