What young people had to say about cyber resilience
This research from YouthLink Scotland underlines the range and seriousness of the issues affecting young people in the digital world and highlights the role of youth work in supporting young people to develop resilient practices.
The project asked four groups of young people from different parts of Scotland from diverse backgrounds to explore their understanding of cyber resilience and to think about youth work’s role in supporting them.
Young people were asked about a range of online safety and cyber resilience issues affecting them, including:
- Cyberbullying
- The pressures of being online, including staying connected and sharing location data
- Grooming and online exploitation
- Scamming/phishing
- Addiction to social media, gaming and other digital activities
Baed on the research findings, the report makes several recommendations to ensure young people receive adequate and relevant support to help them navigate their online lives. These included changing the language we use to talk to young people about cyber resilience issues, engaging with young people from primary school age, providing opportunities for peer educatino, and increasing the regularity of cyber resilience discussions.
Links
Link to the original source: https://www.youthlink.scot/news/youth-work-and-cyber-resilience-what-young-people-said/
Copy of the report on our site: https://www.digitalyouthwork.org/wp-content/uploads/cyber-resilience_pub.pdf