Differences of the Internet Use Between Experienced Students and Non-Experienced Students about Online Dating: On a Survey in A Junior High School

Abstract

In this study, questionnaire survey was carried out for the A junior high school students to clarify differences of the Internet use between experienced students and non-experienced students about online dating. We defined online dating as getting to know others that students had never met in the offline world. As the result, we clarified two points by analyses. First, experienced students had long time to use the Internet per a day compared with non-experienced students. The reason was that experienced students accessed social networking sites to communicate with others and to update their own weblogs frequently. Second, experienced students realized online dating regardless of grade, sex, the use of filtering services, sending and receiving messages per a day and the sense of fulfillment toward school life.