1. Risks and safety on the internet: The perspective of European children Full findings from EU Kids Online , January 2011

3. Classifying risks (exemplars) Note: risks in bold are included in the survey Content Child as receiver (of mass productions) Contact Child as participant (adult-initiated activity) Conduct Child as actor (perpetrator / victim) Aggressive Violent / gory content Harassment, stalking Bullying, hostile peer activity Sexual Pornographic content ‘ Grooming’, sexual abuse or exploitation Sexually harassment, ‘sexting’ Values Racist / hateful content Ideological persuasion Potentially harmful user-generated content Commercial Embedded marketing Personal data misuse Gambling, copyright infringement

4. Usage Activities Risk factors Harm or coping INDIVIDUAL USER SOCIAL MEDIATION NATIONAL CONTEXT Parents School Peers Child as unit of analysis Country as unit of analysis Demographic Psychological Cultural values Socio-economic stratification Regulatory framework Education system Technological infrastructure

6. How do children use the internet? Usage Where How Amount Skills Etc. What do children do online? Activities Learn Create Play Meet people Hang out Try new things Bully others Etc. What online factors shape their experience? Opportunities / Risks Positive content User-generated content Sexual content/ messages Stranger contact Bullying Personal data misuse Etc. What are the outcomes for children? Benefits / Harms Learning Self-esteem Sociality Values In/excluded Coping/resilience Bothered/upset Abuse Etc. Project scope Project focus

7. How do children use the internet?

11. Digital skills growing unevenly

12. “ I know more about the internet than my parents”

14. What do children do online?

15. Multiple opportunities

17. Social networking

18. Online communication

19. What online factors shape children’s experiences?

25. What are the outcomes for children?

32. Coping strategies Just those who encountered the risk and were bothered by it Who did they tell? What did they do? Online help? Sexual images 53% told someone 33% friend 25% parent 9% sibling 3% teacher 26% hoped it would go away 22% tried to fix it 9% felt guilty 26% deleted messages 25% stopped using the internet Bullying 77% told someone 50% friend 40% parent 13% sibling 7% teacher 24% hoped it would go away 36% tried to fix it 12% felt guilty 46% blocked person 41% deleted messages Sexual messages 60% told someone 37% friend 29% parent 8% sibling 2% teacher 22% hoped it would go away 27% tried to fix it 6% felt guilty 40% blocked person 38% deleted messages Meeting contacts offline 70% told s/one first 52% went with s/one 62% told s/one after 30% hoped it would go away 18% tried to fix it 12% felt guilty 37% deleted messages 34% blocked person

33. More opportunities, more risks

34. What mediates children’s online experiences?

35. Parental mediation of use and safety

36. Parental restrictions

37. Who suggests ways to use the internet safely?

38. Sources of advice (children, parents)

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