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ISSN : 1229-0718
Internet and cyber-culture has created a new life style and playgrounds for adolescents with the PC game-rooms in every corner of cities. In addition, it has created another version of digital divide between the parents and their adolescent kids. 1122 adolescents and 209 parents have surveyed for their Internet usages and understanding on it. Parents group has a view that adolescents may have special purpose and experiences in their using of Internet. However, adolescents groups showed that they take it as part of their daily life activities. In addition, adolescents group has expressed more positive attitude on using Internet and its impact on their life, compared to that of parents group. They are also well aware of the possible negative impact of Internet in daily life, compared to that of parents. The discrepant views on Internet usage between parents and adolescents have been attributed their own difference exposure to the Internet culture. Adolescents groups seem to have more realistic attitude toward the impact of this new media, while parents group tends to have more exaggerated expectation and less concern on their specific impacts on daily activities.