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Children, Risk and Safety on the Internet: Research and Policy Challenges in Comparative Perspective
Contributor(s): Livingstone, Sonia (Editor), Haddon, Leslie (Editor), Görzig, Anke (Editor)
ISBN: 1847428835     ISBN-13: 9781847428837
Publisher: Policy Press
OUR PRICE:   $132.95  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- Social Science | Children's Studies
Dewey: 004.678
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.2" W x 9.4" (1.75 lbs) 408 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
As internet use is extending to younger children, there is an increasing need for research focus on the risks young users are experiencing, as well as the opportunities, and how they should cope. With expert contributions from diverse disciplines and a uniquely cross-national breadth, this timely book examines the prospect of enhanced opportunities for learning, creativity and communication set against the fear of cyberbullying, pornography and invaded privacy by both strangers and peers. Based on an impressive in-depth survey of 25,000 children carried out by the EU Kids Online network, it offers wholly new findings that extend previous research and counter both the optimistic and the pessimistic hype. It argues that, in the main, children are gaining the digital skills, coping strategies and social support they need to navigate this fast-changing terrain. But it also identifies the struggles they encounter, pinpointing those for whom harm can follow from risky online encounters. Each chapter presents new findings and analyses to inform both researchers and students in the social sciences and policy makers in government, industry or child welfare who are working to enhance children's digital experiences.

Contributor Bio(s): Livingstone, Sonia: -

Sonia Livingstone directs the EU Kids online network at the London School of Economics.

Haddon, Leslie: -

Leslie Haddon is a senior researcher in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics.

Gorzig, Anke: -

Anke Görzig is Research Fellow in Social Statistics at the Anna Freud Centre/University College London and was Survey Research Office for EU Kids Online II.