http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04...ns_avoid_smut/
A UK government survey has found that just 12 per cent of 13 to 18-year-olds avail themselves of "adult-only" websites, preferring instead to use the internet to assist in doing homework or for news.
Indeed, the eight-year survey of 6,400 pupils in England - carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills - discovered that 18 per cent of the nation's youth surfed for news or current affairs, 52 per cent hooked up to IM services and 36 per cent went cybershopping. More than three-quarters used the web for homework-related activities.
...That young people today are failing to avail themselves of readily-available e-smut is a sad state of affairs indeed, and more than adequately explains Britain's inexorable decline in the Economist Intelligence Unit's "e-readiness" world league. According to Reuters, Denmark remains No.1 in the "web-savvy" stakes, while the UK slipped three places from it's 2004 No.2 spot "due to weak position in education".
A UK government survey has found that just 12 per cent of 13 to 18-year-olds avail themselves of "adult-only" websites, preferring instead to use the internet to assist in doing homework or for news.
Indeed, the eight-year survey of 6,400 pupils in England - carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills - discovered that 18 per cent of the nation's youth surfed for news or current affairs, 52 per cent hooked up to IM services and 36 per cent went cybershopping. More than three-quarters used the web for homework-related activities.
...That young people today are failing to avail themselves of readily-available e-smut is a sad state of affairs indeed, and more than adequately explains Britain's inexorable decline in the Economist Intelligence Unit's "e-readiness" world league. According to Reuters, Denmark remains No.1 in the "web-savvy" stakes, while the UK slipped three places from it's 2004 No.2 spot "due to weak position in education".
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