Research documents

#18 2017

18: Ofsted – younger children’s views

Ofsted (April 2011)  A small scale quantitative survey on children’s views on personal safety – online and offline. 

Children (0-8) Looked after children Pre-teens (9-12) Vulnerable groups
#17 2017

17: Internet safety and schools

Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University (May 2011) A small scale quantitative survey of issues faced by school about internet…

Children (0-8) Evaluation Pre-teens (9-12) Schools Teens (13-18)
#16 2017

16: Trends in media use

Childwise (May 2011) A large scale quantitative survey of children and young people’s media ownership, internet access and social networking…

Children (0-8) Devices Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#15 2017

15: Children’s and young people’s internet use and parental attitudes: Ofcom’s children’s media literacy tracker 2010

Ofcom (April 2011)  A large scale quantitative survey of children and young people’s media literacy, revealing their engagement online and…

Children (0-8) Digital literacy Internet access and use Parental attitudes Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#14 2017

14: Social networking, age and privacy

EU Kids Online and London School of Economics (April 2011) A large scale quantitative survey of children’s use of social…

Digital literacy Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Social networking Teens (13-18)
#13 2017

13: Policing online child sexual abuse

Elena Martellozzo, Middlesex University A small scale ethnographic study of the police’s covert investigations on online child sexual abuse, focusing…

Evaluation Grooming Policing Risks Sexual abuse
#12 2017

12: Research highlights for children’s online gaming and addiction: a brief overview of the empirical literature

Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University (Nov 2010) A literature review on children’s online gaming, revealing its incidence and consequences.

Gaming Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#11 2017

11: Online safety policy and practice in the UK – an analysis of 360 degree safe self review data

South West Grid for Learning and University of Plymouth (Sept 2010) A small scale quantitative survey of issues faced by school…

Evaluation Schools
#10 2017

10: Sharing personal images and videos among young people

University of Plymouth (Nov 2009)  A small scale quantitative study of the ‘sexting’ practices, uncovering its prevalence and young people’s attitudes…

Risks Sexting Teens (13-18)
#09 2017

09: Benchmarking of parental control tools for the online protection of children, SIP-Bench II

EC Safer Internet Programme (Jan 2011) A large scale quantitative review of various parental control tools for children’s online protection,…

Parental mediation
#08 2017

08: Children’s online risks and safety – review of available evidence

National Foundation for Educational Research (Mar 2010) A literature review on children’s online risks and safety, pointing to its occurrence and…

Children (0-8) Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#07 2017

07: EU Kids Online II – European findings on risks and safety for children on the internet

EU Kids Online and London School of Economics (Jan 2010) A large scale quantitative survey of children’s use of the internet,…

International Internet access and use Parental mediation Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)