Research documents

Children's behaviour online Risks Teens (13-18)
#125 2018

125: Safer Internet Day 2018 – Digital Friendships: The Role of Technology in Young People’s Relationships

Maithreyi Rajeshkumar and Chris Heal (UK Safer Internet Centre) (February 2018) A summary of a large scale study examining the…

Children's behaviour online Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
#124 2018

124: Offence Processes of Online Sexual Grooming and Abuse of Children Via Internet Communication Platforms

Dr Juliane Kloess (University of Birmingham), Dr Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis (University of Bath), and Professor Anthony R. Beech (University of Birmingham) (July 2017) A summary of…

Grooming Policing Sexual abuse
#123 2018

123: Does Young People’s Tendency to Experience Risks Reach Across the Online/Offline Divide?

Dr Anke Görzig and the EU Kids Online UK Team (LSE) (January 2018)  A summary of the results of a large scale study…

Children's behaviour online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#122 2017

122: Maximising Opportunities and Minimising Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation

Sonia Livingstone, Kjartan Ólafsson, Ellen Helsper, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Giuseppe Veltri and Frans Folkvord (Nov 2017) A summary of the results…

Digital literacy Parental attitudes Parental mediation
#121 2017

121: ‘Sharenting’, Parent Blogging, and the Boundaries of the Digital Self

Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Alicia Blum Ross (Nov 2017) A summary of research examining how parent bloggers represent themselves…

Digital literacy Parental attitudes
#120 2017

120: Digital Monitoring Behaviours from a Social Learning Perspective

Joris Van Ouytsel, Koen Ponnet and Michel Walrave (Nov 2017) A summary of the results of a study investigating the…

Children's behaviour online Teens (13-18)
#119 2017

119: Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Applications Used, Motives For, and Consequences of Sexting

Joris Van Ouytsel, Ellen Van Gool, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet and Emilie Peeters (Nov 2017) A summary of the results of a study examining high school students’ perceptions of…

Children's behaviour online Sexting Teens (13-18)
#118 2017

118: Cyberbullying Among Young People

Directorate-General for Internal Policies, European Parliament (Nov 2017) A summary of a report examining the extent, scope and forms of cyberbullying in…

Children's behaviour online Cyberbullying & harassment Digital literacy
#117 2017

117: House of Lords: Growing Up with the Internet

House of Lords (Nov 2017) A summary of the key findings and recommendations of the inquiry by the House of…

Children's behaviour online Digital literacy Internet access and use Parental mediation
#116 2017

116: Children’s Online Activities, Risks and Safety: A Literature Review by the UKCCIS Evidence Group

Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor Julia Davidson and Dr Jo Bryce, with Saqba Batool, Ciaran Haughton, Anulekha Nandi, and the UKCCIS…

Children's behaviour online Digital literacy Internet access and use Parental mediation
#115 2017

115: Net Aware Report 2017: “Freedom to Express Myself Safely”

NSPCC (Sept 2017)  A summary of the results of a large scale study examining the opportunities and risks experienced by young…

Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)