Pornography and Child Safety on the Internet

Abstract: This study examined the extent to which children are safe on the internet with a focus on internet pornography. The objectives of this study include (a) to ascertain the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access; (b) to determine the impact of sex on student use of internet for social networking; (c) to test whether sex have significant effect on student use of internet for instant messaging; (d) to test whether sex impact on student use of internet for Email; (e) to determine the contribution of sex student use of internet for video posting/viewing; (f) to test whether sex have significant contribution on student use of internet for their homework; and (g) to ascertain the extent of children expose to pornography online. Primary source of data collection was employed in this study and the statistical tools used for data analysis include the Chi-square test statistic, Bar chart, Pie chart and percentage distribution. The result obtained was that majority of children do not have access to internet through peer relationships which implies that the extent to which children peer relationships influence their internet access is low. It was revealed that students use the internet for social networking, video posting/viewing, and Emailing but do not use it for instant messaging and in doing their homework. It was found that majority of the children are not exposed to online pornography, in contrary it should be noted that the few children who use the internet for these activities are at risk of being exposed to pornography online