This study investigated the role of stakeholders in promoting safe Internet environment among youths. Data were collected by means of structured questionnaire from two hundred respondents made up of young people, parents, government officials, civil society organizations and ICT professionals. The respondents who were purposively selected from Asaba, Delta State represented the relevant stakeholders. Opinion expressed by the respondents reveals that they all have a major role to play in ensuring youth online protection. The study also identified the online activities that youths are vulnerable to, the dangers posed by them and their effect on youth activities and development. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher made some useful recommendations that would help strengthen any policy framework put in place to tackle the global threat.

Key Words:  Stakeholders, Safety, Internet, Environment, Youths

^JCMRJournal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 1, No. 2,  October  2009,  45 – 60.

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Benjamin Enahoro Assay is a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Nigeria.

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Assay, B. E. (2009): The role of stakeholders in promoting safe internet environment among youths. Journal of Communication and Media Research 1(2): 45 – 60.