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Vint Kids 2 NextGeneration Study

A study researching the digital lives of generation risk. We had our kids panel elaborate on themes like virtual friends, downloading, Second Life and corporate blogging.



Vint Kids Intro

We asked them nine questions/ statements to respond to.

1. In your spare time, do you spend more than two hours behind a computer?
2. Corporations should have a weblog.
3. I can’t live without email.
4. Have you got an avatar in Second Life?
5. Would you rather lose internet or your mobile phone?
6. Do you have friends you have never seen in real life?
7. TV or computergames?
8. I never buy music.
9. What’s on your mind?
Hereby their answer to our first question:

In your spare time, do you spend more than two hours behind a computer?

The kids answer that they are definitely spending more than two hours behind the computer, especially if they have their own computer. Three to four hours is normal. Five to six hours is no exception. In the weekend spending the whole day behind the computer - except to eat - is mentioned by several kids. Quotes:

“When I come home, I switch on the computer.”
“My parents don’t really care.”
“I switch off my computer around 11.30pm.”
“My parents won’t let me spend more than two hours per day behind the computer.”


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