Research documents

#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)
#114 2017

114: The Impact of Online Pornography on Children and Young People

Dr Elena Martellozzo and Dr Miranda A.H. Horvath, Middlesex University (June 2017)  A summary of the results of a large…

Encountering pornography Inappropriate content online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#113 2017

113: CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2017

Childwise (Jan 2017)  An overview of the results of the CHILDWISE Monitor Report 2017. This large scale, quantitative study consulted a…

Children (0-8) Devices Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#112 2017

112: Self-Produced Images – Risk Taking Online (SPIRTO) Project

Dr Ethel Quayle et al (July 2015)  The EU funded SPIRTO Project examined the risks related to young people generating…

Risks Sexting
#111 2017

111: UK Schools Online Safety Policy and Practice Assessment 2016

Professor Andy Phippen (Oct 2016)  An overview of the results of the analysis of the self-assessment data collected from the 360…

Evaluation Schools
#110 2017

110: Adolescents and Self-Taken Sexual Images: A Review of the Literature

Dr Ethel Quayle & Dr Karen Cooper (University of Edinburgh, UK), Prof Carl-Göran Svedin & Dr Linda Jonsson (Linköping University,…

Risks Sexting
#109 2017

109: Cyberbullying Involvement Roles and Viewing of Suicide-Related Web-Content

Dr. Anke Görzig (Aug 2016)  An overview of the results of a study investigating the relationships between cyberbullying roles, viewing of…

Cyberbullying & harassment Risks
#108 2017

108: Safer Internet Day 2017: Power of Image – A Report into the Role and Influence of Images and Videos in Young People’s Digital Lives

UK Safer Internet Centre (Feb 2017) A summary of the results of an online survey of representative group of 1,500…

Children (0-8) Children's behaviour online Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#107 2017

107: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Focus on Critical Understanding, Attitudes & Parental Controls

Ofcom (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of the Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on…

Children (0-8) Digital literacy Parental mediation Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#106 2017

106: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes, Focus on Take Up and Use

Ofcom (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of the Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on…

Children (0-8) Devices Digital literacy Gaming Internet access and use Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Social networking Teens (13-18)
#105 2017

105: A Review of the Research on Children and Young People who Display Harmful Sexual Behaviour Online

NSPCC (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of a systematic literature review examining the developmental appropriateness of children and young…

Encountering pornography Inappropriate content online Risks Sexual abuse