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Abstract
This chapter summarizes the preceding discussions covering research on children and young people online, online opportunities, and online risks. It concludes by calling for more public debate over the opportunities for children. These are, perhaps surprisingly, often taken for granted rather than specified clearly, and when one or another advocate sets out their vision of ‘positive’ or ‘beneficial’ provision for children online, this is readily critiqued as adult centred, commercially biased, or elitist.
Abstract
This chapter summarizes the preceding discussions covering research on children and young people online, online opportunities, and online risks. It concludes by calling for more public debate over the opportunities for children. These are, perhaps surprisingly, often taken for granted rather than specified clearly, and when one or another advocate sets out their vision of ‘positive’ or ‘beneficial’ provision for children online, this is readily critiqued as adult centred, commercially biased, or elitist.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- Acknowledgements xvii
- Introduction 1
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Researching European children online
- What we know, what we do not know 19
- Research with children 31
- Opportunities and pitfalls of cross-national research 41
- Cultures of research and policy in Europe 55
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Going online: new opportunities?
- Opportunities and benefits online 71
- Adolescents and social network sites: identity, friendships and privacy 83
- Young people online: gender and age influences 95
- Digital divides 107
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Going online: new risks?
- Risky contacts 123
- Inappropriate content 135
- Problematic conduct: juvenile delinquency on the internet 147
- Children and the internet in the news: agency, voices and agendas 159
- The role of parental mediation in explaining cross-national experiences of risk 173
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Policy implications
- Maximising opportunities and minimising risks for children online 187
- Parental mediation 199
- Making use of ICT for learning in European schools 217
- Media literacy 229
- Conclusion 241
- List of country codes 253
- Children and parents online, by country 254
- The EU Kids Online network 257
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- Acknowledgements xvii
- Introduction 1
-
Researching European children online
- What we know, what we do not know 19
- Research with children 31
- Opportunities and pitfalls of cross-national research 41
- Cultures of research and policy in Europe 55
-
Going online: new opportunities?
- Opportunities and benefits online 71
- Adolescents and social network sites: identity, friendships and privacy 83
- Young people online: gender and age influences 95
- Digital divides 107
-
Going online: new risks?
- Risky contacts 123
- Inappropriate content 135
- Problematic conduct: juvenile delinquency on the internet 147
- Children and the internet in the news: agency, voices and agendas 159
- The role of parental mediation in explaining cross-national experiences of risk 173
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Policy implications
- Maximising opportunities and minimising risks for children online 187
- Parental mediation 199
- Making use of ICT for learning in European schools 217
- Media literacy 229
- Conclusion 241
- List of country codes 253
- Children and parents online, by country 254
- The EU Kids Online network 257
