Kids online : opportunities and risks for children / edited by Sonia Livingstone and Leslie Haddon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Livingstone, Sonia M.

Haddon, Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and children.

Internet and children--Risk assessment.

Internet--Safety measures.

Internet.

Risk assessment.

Physical Description:

xix, 272 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009.

Summary:

As the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their social implications and consequences. Children, young people and their families tend to be at the forefront of new media adoption, benefiting from early take-up of the new opportunities afforded by the internet, mobile and broadband content, online games and peer-to-peer technologies. However, they also encounter a range of risky or negative experiences for which they may be unprepared. These risks, the everyday contests in which they occur, and the ways in which they are being addressed, are all subject to continual change.

This book captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 70 researchers in 21 countries across Europe. Each chapter has a distinct pan-European focus, resulting in a uniquely comparative approach, valuable in a domain largely comprised until now of scattered national findings.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Sonia Livingstone, Leslie Haddon 1

Section I Researching European children online

2 What we know, what we do not know / Vern̤ica Donoso, Kjartan Ólafsson, Thorbjr̲n Broddason 19

3 Research with children / Bojana Lobe, Jos ̌Alberto Simões, Bieke Zaman 31

4 Opportunities and pitfalls of cross-national research / Uwe Hasebrink, Kjartan Ólafsson, Vc̀lav Štětka 41

5 Cultures of research and policy in Europe / Leslie Haddon, Gitte Stald 55

Section II Going online: new opportunities?

6 Opportunities and benefits online / Veronika Kalmus, Pille Runnel, Andra Siibak 71

7 Adolescents and social network sites: identity, friendships and privacy / Jochen Peter, Patti M. Valkenburg, Cďric Fluckiger 83

8 Young people online: gender and age influences / Helen McQuillan, Leen d'Haenens 95

9 Digital divides / Panayiota Tsatsou, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Maria Francesco Murru 107

Section III Going online: new risks?

10 Risky contacts / Marika Hanne Lüders, Petter Bae Brandtzzeg, Elza Dunkels 123

11 Inappropriate content / Thomas Wold, Elena Aristodemou, Elza Dunkels, Tiannis Laouris 135

12 Problematic conduct juvenile delinquency on the internet / Elisabeth Staksrud 147

13 Children and the internet in the news: agency, voices and agendas / Cristina Ponte joke Bauwens, Govanna Mascheroni 159

14 The role of parental mediation in explaining cross-national experiences of risk / Bojana Lobe, Katia Segers, Liza Tsaliki 173

Section IV Policy implications

15 Maximising opportunities and minimising risks for children online / Jos de Haan 187

16 Parental mediation / Lucyna Kirwil, Maiden Garmendia, Carmelo Garitaonandia, Gemma Martn̕ez Fernǹdez 199

17 Making use of ICT for learning in European schools / Ingrid Paus-Hsebrink, Andrea Dürager, Christine W. Wijnen, Kadri Ugur 217

18 Media literacy / Brian O'Neill, Ingunn Hagen 229

19 Conclusion / Sonia Livingstone, Leslie Haddon 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847424389

1847424384

1847424392

9781847424396

OCLC:

428643897