Reports from EU Kids Online
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What do we know about Children's Use of Online Technologies?
A Report on Data Availability and Research Gaps in Europe (D1.1)
What do we know about children and the Internet in Europe? The report below provides a detailed analysis of original empirical research identified and coded in EU Kids Online’s online repository - 235 studies in all. It aims to inform policy-makers, practitioners and academics about the nature of the evidence base, research availability and the key gaps. Pressing gaps are identified regarding younger users, new kinds of risk, and mobile/new technologies, as well as a paucity of research in some countries.
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Annex (contains 18 country reports, 48 pages)____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Comparing Children's Online Activities and Risks across Europe. A Preliminary Report Comparing Findings from Poland, Portugal and the UK (D3.1)
The report below develops a strategy for comparing findings across countries. Tested on research available in Poland, Portugal and the UK, this report aims to guide those concerned with identifying pan-European similarities and differences. A model of risks is developed, and the key childhood influences are scoped. From these, a series of hypotheses are derived that the next year’s work for EU Kids Online will test.
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Researching Children's Experiences Online: Issues and Problems in Methodology (D4.1)
The report below examines the core issues, lessons and debates that relate to three methodological challenges for research in this field – working with children, researching new online technologies, and conducting cross-national comparisons. It provides a detailed resource for the latest thinking on these challenges, and an extensive bibliography to guide researchers in the field. The conclusions also look ahead to the next task for EU Kids online, namely to produce a practical Best Practice Guide.
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Comparing Children's Online Opportunities and Risks across Europe: Cross-national Comparisons for EU Kids Online (D3.2)
The first part of this report compares findings from various European studies to address some key research questions and hypotheses. These allow us to reach some general conclusions (i.e. cross-national similarities) which hold across the European countries examined. The second part considers factors that might help to explain the patterns that we found
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National Reports
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Best Practice Research Guide: How to Research Children and Online Technologies in Comparative Perspective (D4.2)
In 2007, EU Kids Online produced a Methodological Issues Review (see above) that aimed to increase awareness of the specialised issues that arise in researching children’s use of online technologies and the criteria by which research can be critically evaluated. Addressed to a broad audience, these issues should be of interest to all those concerned with commissioning, designing, conducting and using empirical research in this field. The present report translates many of these issues into a positive guide to best practice for those concerned with research on children and online technologies in Europe and elsewhere
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Annual Report for EU Kids Online (D7.4a)
This is the first annual report for the thematic network, detailing activities from June 2006 to June 2007
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