| Abstract-Adolescents are the main audience of internet, but the are not trained in correct use of the Web. On the other hand, they have not much power to choose, process, and analyze the information and data received through the internet in a correct way. The present paper has studiedthe situation of internet literacy among three groups consisting of students, trainers and parents. The population included 359 boy and gril students studying at the third grade of high school who where also internet users, their trainers (112 persons) and their parents (718 persons) to asses their internet literacy. The studies of this Abstract-Adolescents are the main audience of the internet, buy they are not trained in corretct use of the Web. On the other hand, they have not much power to choose, process, and analyze the information and data received descriptive research show that:1. There is meaningful difference in the ability to use the internet among students, trainers and their parents;2. Students make more use of the internet than their trainers or parents;3. There is meaningful difference among students, trainers and parents in terms of priorities to use the internet;4. There is no meaningful difference among students, trainers and parents in personal planning to use the internet. About 6.58 percent of students had consulted qualtified people on how to use the internet. About 10.44 percent of students’ parents who used the internet only know how to connect to the internet and that figure is 32.31 percent for trainers. The difference in internet literacy among students, trainers and parents shows that neither trainers, nor parents can adequaltely train students on how to use the intrnet and cannot be considered a reference source for them. Parents, especially trainers, should increase their internet and media capabilities and literacy.
Keywords: internet literacy, media literacy, students, trainers, parents, adolescents, internet
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