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Adults spend more time online than teenagers, which means the Web is a relatively safe haven.
Teens on average spend less than half the time online than adults do, in both number and length of sessions, according to a study by market research firm Jupiter Communications and Internet statistics firm Media Metrix, released Tuesday to attendees of Digital Kids Forum at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. Teens spend an average of 303 minutes online per month, compared with the adult average of 728 minutes per month, according to Media Metrix research for June 2000. Jupiter's researchers attribute the lower rate of time online to teens' active schedules. Researchers list school, after-school activities and the necessity of sharing online time at home with other family members among the reasons. The gap isn't likely to change soon, said Stacey Herron, a Jupiter analyst.