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Barcelona, Spain, Nov 27, 2012 \/ 12:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A study carried out in Spain on the digital breach between adults and young people revealed that teens see the online world as an extension of reality, while adults use the internet as a tool.<\/p>\n

\tSociologist Jordi Busquet of the Ramon Llull University said that for teens, both real-life and virtual interactions are \u201ctwo parallel realities that form part of their own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tSixty adults and 120 students were interviewed for the study, which was conducted over three years at schools in Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Seville and Santiago de Compostela.<\/p>\n

\tBusquet said the analysis found that young people integrate online social networks into their daily lives, to such a degree that \u201cthere is little difference\u201d between what they post on Facebook and how they act day to day.<\/p>\n

\tAlthough the study did not focus on addictions, it found that many young people cannot live without social networks to the point that they make themselves available for contact \u201call day long.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tIt also concluded that although young people are careful not to accept people they do not know as friends, they tend to be careless about their image because \u201cthey are not conscious that it is a public and not a private space.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThis naivet\u00e9, Busquet added, often leads them post photos that can affect their reputation and \u201ccan be jeopardizing in the long run,\u201d such as when the time comes to look for a job.<\/p>\n

\tThe study also addressed the disconnect between adults and young people by showing that other variables separate them besides age, such as their level of education and their economic status.<\/p>\n

\tIt found that adults who have not mastered the new technologies tend to react in one of two ways \u2013\u00a0 either neglecting their role as parents or establishing prohibitions. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tBusquet said it is best that adults \u201caccompany\u201d young people in their technological lives, even if it is difficult, since fear and prohibitions only serve to undermine trust with teens.<\/p>\n

\tThe study also found that families tend to be \u201cmuch more positive\u201d in their attitudes about the internet than schools, which have a more conservative and reluctant stance.<\/p>\n

\tMany schools have modernized in technology but not in their teaching methods and have \u201cturned their backs on the social networks.\u201d This can threaten the authority of teachers, Busquet said, as students tend to be very critical of teachers who don\u2019t know how to use new technologies.<\/p>\n

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