Identifying and Ranking Internet Dangers

1. Identifying and Ranking Internet Dangers Elena Aristodemou, Tatjana Taraszow Yianis Laouris

2. A word about us…. • The Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute is a small research organization with about 20 associates • Our focus is on socially responsible projects, which capitalize on new technologies • We have world wide projects in computers/learning, safer internet, structured dialogue, Development Education, etc. • We are interested to collaborate with you

4. EU Kids On line25 countries25 questionnaires

5. % how true is this of you… Not true A bit true Very true I find it easier to be myself on the internet than when I am with people face to face 52 36 11 I talk about different things on the internet than I do when speaking to people face to face 57 33 11 On the internet I talk about private things which I do not share with people face to face 70 23 7 Table 7: Online – offline boundaries % how true is this of you… Not true A bit true Very true I find it easier to be myself on the internet than when I am with people face to face 52 36 11 I talk about different things on the internet than I do when speaking to people face to face 57 33 11 On the internet I talk about private things which I do not share with people face to face 70 23 7 Table 7: Online – offline boundaries Number of activities Boundaries

9. Κόμβος Ενημέρωσης www.CyberEthics.info Γραμμή Καταγγελιών Γραμμή Βοήθειας

10. www.CyberEthics.info

11. Internet RisksWhich are they really?

12. Child Pornography: refers to visual material depicting sexually explicit activities that involve a child or children under the age of 18. • Cyber-bullying: occurs when one minor harasses torments, threatens or humiliates another minor (child, pre-teen or teen). In cyber-bullying this kind of abuse is conducted through the internet, digital technologies or mobile phones. In many cases the bully discloses personal information of the victim on the web humiliates him/her and threatens them. • Racism: refers to an ideology or practice or behavior towards a person or people, which classifies the worth of the person or people according to racial characteristics (such as color, ethnicity and nationality). • Online grooming: refers to the incidents where pedophiles enter chat rooms that are used by children and approach them with the purpose of later engaging in sexual contact with them. • Internet addiction: refers to the excessive use of internet to the extent that it affects the daily life of a person Most common Internet Risks

14. Structure Dialogic Design Process

16. The history • The SDD process was developed by scientists such as Hasan Özbekhan, Erich Jantsch, John Warfield and Alexander Christakis • In the context of the Club of Rome they opted for developing a democratic methodology for solving contemporary complex problems • The methodology is based on seven laws and four axioms from cybernetics • It has been grounded both scientifically and empirically in hundreds of settings on a global scale for the past 30 years

17. Why we need an Innovation in Dialogue? The Floor Plan of the Athenian Agora

18. The Institute for 21st Century Agoras The future isn't what it used to be. Yogi Berra http://www.globalagoras.org/

19. The distinctive characteristics of Structured Dialogue are that it: • Elicits and deals with the different priorities of stakeholder (effective priorities) • Equalizes power relations

20. Purposes & Uses of Structured Dialogue (SDD) • Resolve issues among diverse stakeholders • Democratic large-group decision-making • Policy design & decision making • Strategic planning • Complex Problem definition • Root-cause diagnosis

21. SDD steps

22. Methodology • We applied the SDD methodology in order to record democratically the views of every participant in the dialogue. The procedure in any SDD co-laboratory begins with the formulation of a triggering question. Participants are encouraged to produce responses to this question. The triggering question was formulated from a core group team referred to as Knowledge Management Team (KMT), comprised of people who are considered and who feel as owners of the problem. Once set, the triggering question was emailed to the participants who were required to prepare prior the start of the co-laboratory by providing at least three contributions. For the current study the triggering question was:

23. Triggering Question What dangers do children and youth face with the expansion of Cyberspace in their lives?

24. Clusters Cluster 1: Seduction Cluster 2: Personal Data Cluster 3: Problematic Content Cluster 4: Addiction Cluster 5: Blurred Reality Cluster 6: Harassment/Intimidation Cluster 7: Exploitation Cluster 8: Desensitization Cluster 9: Inappropriate Entertainment Cluster 10: Social Pressure Cluster 11: Physical Problems Cluster 12: Educational Issues Cluster 13: Antisocial Networks Cluster 14: Social Consequences

25. Tree of Influences

26. Conclusions

27. Root-causes • Idea #19: Permanence of the Internet • Idea #45: Easy access to games that are inappropriate for certain ages • Idea #54: Confusion between true and false information • Idea #48: Exposure to racist content • Idea #09: Watching of inappropriate content

28. Thank you laouris@cnti.org.cy