ABSTRACT
The prominent meaning of the internet in teenager's everyday life has prompted many to conclude that the culture of today's adolescents is increasingly shaped by their online activities and interactions. Moral reasoning is a substantial part of adolescents' identity exploration. The process of questioning values, laws, beliefs, norms, and standards, and engaging in experimentation with possible roles, begins in adolescence. In today's youth culture this process coincides with an intensified use of the internet. Many scholars and policymakers look at this with apprehension. This chapter reports and discusses findings related to the usage of the internet. First, it reports on the data from a representative survey conducted among 1318 teenagers at secondary schools in the Flemish and French-speaking community, and the bilingual metropolitan district of Brussels. Second, it examines the findings fro, an in-depth panel study involving 34 Belgian teenagers who were selected through theoretical sampling.
