An online survey of 9,000 Internet users from around the globe has revealed that the top three things Australians can’t live without include their Car(50%), Internet(46%) and Television(45%).
The report of which has been commissioned by Symantec (the company that brought us Norton Antivirus) has also revealed that 42% of Australian adults believe that the Internet has improved the relationship of their family.
When it comes to Aussie kids friending their parents online though, only 23% are doing it whilst the other 77% I assume are feeling awkward when their parents try to add them online.
Amongst all the countries surveyed Australian parents reported knowing what their children were looking for online the most often (86%); However Australian youths reported that their parents only knew what they were looking at 65% of the time.
David Freer, Symantec’s VP for Consumer Business told Tech Wired:
“There are kids that are actually spending on average close to 50 hours a week [online] whereas parents think they’re only spending 25 hours a week [online]. There is a big disconnect, and Australia is probably one of the largest variances of all the countries that were surveyed.”
With only 75% of youths having set rules for using the Internet, you’d agree with why this might be the case.
When it came to going to trusted websites online, David told Tech Wired:
“When we started asking them [those surveyed] the sorts of websites they go to, nearly 50% go to un-trusted websites.”
When asked how Australia ranked amongst the other 12 Countries David told Tech Wired:
“We’re taking up technology at a good pace, and this is utilising whether it’s netbooks, smartphones or whatever,”
“I think we’re a little slower than a few of the leading Countries such as the US and some of the European Countries on some of the applications that we can run and I think it’s partly due to, believe it or not, our geographical closeness. People tend to prefer face to face relationships here in Australia as compared to their online relationships, though online relationships are growing quite quickly of which is being driven by a number of age groups.”
You can check the full report out @ http://nortononlineliving.com/
Tech Wired conducted an interview with David Freer, Vice President of Consumer Business for Symantec – Listen below
