In 2008, two high profile researchers came up with two completely different results.
Major newspapers across the nation heralded that Australians were now spending more hours a week online than they were in front of the TV. Nielsen Online stated that ‘on average Internet users spent 13.7 hours a week online and TV viewers spent 13.3 hours in front of the TV.’
But on the flip side another high profile researcher disagreed with that finding. Roy Morgan International stated that, ‘Nielsen Online gives misleading results because their sample doesn’t cover all Australians – an inexcusable error. In an average week, Australians spend 21.8 hours watching TV while only 9.5 hours on the Internet, making TV easily Australian’s favourite way to be entertained by the media.’
So much for official research, and so much for what is ‘authoritively’ reported in the media.
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The number one media concern for parents has shifted from television to Internet, with 85% of parents saying that it posed the greatest risk to their children among all forms of media. (www.netlingo.com)
We now live in a world where anything and everything is available at the touch of a button. The Internet phenomenon has made copious amounts of information available to anyone, and has also given the word communication a whole new meaning. People can run their businesses from their laptop in a café, find their long lost relatives, post any information they want, but most scarily they can hide their identity, or even create a new one.
When our children are online, they are exposed to all the information and communication programs (chat rooms) available on the Internet. However, with all this possibility at their fingertips comes great risk.
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Online shopping is a fantastic way to save both time and money. All at the click of a mouse. But with that convenience we are often opened up to potentially expensive exposure to fraud.
So how do we fight against this happening to us? Well here a few tips to help you play it safe on the Internet.
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Online shopping is a fantastic way to save both time and money. All at the click of a mouse. But with that convenience we are often opened up to potentially expensive exposure to fraud.
A friend of mine recently travelled to London. On arrival from Australia he went to pick up his previously booked hire car. The attendant asked him, ‘Which car do you want?’ My friend responded, ‘What do you mean which one?’ ‘Well you’ve two cars booked with two credit cards under your name.’ My friend suddenly realised that an old credit card, that had been used fraudulently in a number of other European nations months before, had once again resurfaced, and was being used at the same airport, on the very same day for the very same purpose of hiring a car. The chances of this happening were millions upon millions to one. So whoever had used his old credit card that day was in for an almighty shock when they were met by the police later that morning.
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In a recent article featured in ‘The Courier Mail’ it is reported that stealing identities is one of the fastest growing crimes in Australia.
It is estimated that Australians lose up to $3.5 billion a year to identity thieves as they clear out bank accounts and leave a trail of destruction whenever they strike.
