Research documents

#41 2017

41: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Focus on Parental Controls

Ofcom (Oct 2012) A summary of Ofcom’s research on parental controls. This includes the results of Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy…

Parental mediation
#40 2017

40: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Take Up and Use

Ofcom (Oct 2012) A summary of the results of the Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based…

#39 2017

39: Understanding Children’s Online Activities: Developing Research to Enhance Police Practice

Elena Martellozzo, Middlesex University (Apr 2012)  A summary of the results of a qualitative study conducted in 4 schools located in…

Children's behaviour online Digital literacy Internet access and use Policing Social networking
#38 2017

38: Digital Parenting: An Evaluation

The Parent Zone (Aug 2012) A summary of the findings of the evaluation of the Digital Parenting Magazine resource produced by…

Evaluation Parental attitudes
#37 2017

37: Towards a better internet for children: Findings and recommendations from EU Kids Online to inform the CEO coalition

EU Kids Online (Jun 2012) A summary of the report presenting new findings and analysis of the EU Kids Online…

International Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#36 2017

36: Identifying vulnerable children online and what strategies can help them

UKCCIS Evidence Group – Livingstone and Palmer (Jun 2012) A report summarising the main findings and outcomes of the Vulnerability…

Grooming Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18) Vulnerable groups
#35 2017

35: A qualitative study of children, young people and 'sexting'

Ringrose et al, commissioned by the NSPCC (Jun 2012) A small-scale qualitative study using single-sex focus group interviews with 35…

Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Sexting Teens (13-18)
#34 2017

34: EU Kids Online II Final Report 2011

EU Kids Online (Nov 2011)   A summary of the recommendations of the Final Report of the EU Kids Online II Project. 

Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#33 2017

33: The protection of children online: a scoping review to identify vulnerable groups

Munro (Aug 2011)  A systematic literature review of research examining internet technology risks and online vulnerability.

Cyberbullying & harassment Encountering pornography Grooming Inappropriate content online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#32 2017

32: Virtual Violence II: Progress and Challenges in the Fight against Cyberbullying (Teachers)

Beatbullying (Jun 2012) Beatbullying’s second large-scale research study of cyberbullying among 11-16-year-olds in the UK aimed to explore the phenomenon…

Cyberbullying & harassment Risks Schools
#31 2017

31: Virtual Violence II: Progress and Challenges in the Fight against Cyberbullying (Pupils)

Beatbullying (Jun 2012) Beatbullying’s second large-scale research study of cyberbullying among 11-16 year olds in the UK aimed to explore…

Cyberbullying & harassment Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Schools Teens (13-18)
#30 2017

30: Excessive social networking and young people

Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University  (Jun 2012) A systematic literature review was carried out examining excessive social networking addiction among…

Addiction Risks Social networking