Research Highlight Series

Internet access and use Positive opportunities online Schools
Children (0-8) Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
Intimate image abuse Reporting
Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
Inappropriate content online Internet access and use Reporting
Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
Adults (16+) Digital literacy Internet access and use
Parental attitudes Parental mediation Internet access and use Risks
Internet access and use Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#152 2021

152: School-based Prevention for Adolescent Internet Addiction: Prevention is the Key. A Systematic Literature Review

Dr. Melina Throuvala, Prof. Mark Griffiths, Dr. Mike Rennoldson and Dr. Daria Kuss, Cyberpsychology Research Group, Nottingham Trent University (June…

Children’s behaviour online Risks Teens (13-18)
#151 2021

151: Increasing Safety and the Resilience of Children at Risk of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abuse: Implementation Evaluation for InCtrl

NSPCC Research and Evidence (November 2020)  A summary of the results of evaluation of the NSPCC InCtrl programme. This is…

Grooming Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Sexual abuse Teens (13-18)
#150 2020

150: Ofcom Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2020 Research

Critical Research/The Knowledge Agency/Ofcom (June 2020) A summary of the results of the Ofcom Adults’ Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale…

Adults (16+) Digital literacy Internet access and use
#149 2020

149: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2019 Research

Critical Research/Ofcom (February 2020) A summary of the results of the Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#148 2020

148: Police response to youth offending around the generation and distribution of indecent images of children and its implications

Professor Andy Phippen, University of Bournemouth and Professor Emma Bond, University of Suffolk (2020). A summary of a study exploring the…

Children’s behaviour online Risks Sexting Teens (13-18)
#147 2019

147: Intimate image abuse in adults and under 18s: A comparative analysis of cases dealt with by the Revenge Porn Helpline and Professionals Online Safety Helpline

SWGfL in partnership with the University of Exeter Economic and Social Research Council (October, 2019) A summary of a qualitative…

Adults (16+) Internet use Risks Sexting Social networking Teens (13-18)
#146 2019

146: Ofcom Adults: Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2018 Research 2

Critical Research/Ofcom (May 2019) A summary of the results of Ofcom’s Adults’ Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home interviews…

Adults (16+) Digital literacy Internet access and use
#145 2019

145: Ofcom Adults: Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2018 Research 1

Critical Research/Ofcom (May 2019) A summary of the results of Ofcom’s Adults’ Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home interviews…

Adults (16+) Digital literacy Internet access and use
#144 2019

144: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2018 Research 2

Critical Research/Ofcom​ (June 2018) A summary of the results of the Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#143 2019

143: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Highlights from Ofcom’s 2018 Research 1

Critical Research/Ofcom (June 2018) A summary of the results of the Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#142 2019

142: Tackling Gaming Addiction in the UK

Daria Kuss (Nottingham Trent University) (March, 2019) A summary of the key findings from a report examining how the addictive…

Addiction Devices Gaming Internet access and use
#141 2019

141: Children’s Data and Privacy Online: Growing Up in a Digital Age An Evidence Review

Sonia Livingstone, Mariya Stoilova and Rishita Nandagiri (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) A summary of the…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Privacy Risks Teens (13-18)
#140 2019

140: Inequalities in How Parents Support Their Children’s Development with Digital Technologies. Parenting for a Digital Future: Survey Report 4

Sonia Livingstone and Dongmiao Zhang (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) An overview of the key findings…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Parental mediation Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#139 2019

139: What Do Parents Think and Do About Their Children’s Online Privacy? Parenting for a Digital Future: Survey Report 3

Sonia Livingstone, Alicia Blum-Ross and Dongmiao Zhang (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) A summary of the…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Parental mediation Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#138 2019

138: When Do Parents Think Their Child is Ready to Use the Internet Independently? Parenting for a Digital Future: Survey Report 2

Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science) and Kjartan Ólafsson (University of Akureyri) (February, 2019) An overview of…

GDPR Internet access and use Parental mediation Privacy
#137 2019

137: In the Digital Home How Do Parents Support their Children and Who Supports Them? Parenting for a Digital Future: Survey Report 1

Sonia Livingstone, Alicia Blum-Ross and colleagues (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) A summary of the key results…

Internet access and use Media literacy Parental mediation
#136 2019

136: The Trouble with “Screen Time” Rules

Alicia Blum-Ross and Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) An overview of the results of…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Parental mediation
#135 2019

135: Imagining the Future Through the Lens of the Digital: Parents’ Narratives of Generational Change

Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross (London School of Economics and Political Science) (February, 2019) This study explored parents’ “digital imaginaries”…

Children’s behaviour online Parental mediation Internet access and use
#134 2019

134: Rules of Engagement: Family Rules on Young Children’s Access to and Use of Technologies

Stephane Chaudron (European Commission) and colleagues (February, 2019) A summary of the results of a project examining young children’s access…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Parental mediation Pre-teens (9-12) Risks
#133 2019

133: Research for Culture and Education Committee (CULT) – Child Safety Online: Definition of the Problem

Brian O’Neill (Dublin Institute of Technology) (February, 2019) An overview of the key findings from a briefing paper produced for…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#132 2018

132: Vulnerable Young People and Their Experience of Online Risks

Adrienne Katz (Youthworks) and Dr Aiman El Asam (University of Kingston) (February 2018) A summary of the results of a…

Children’s behaviour online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#131 2018

131: Case Studies of Men’s Perceptions of Their Online Sexual Interactions with Young People: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Dr Juliane Kloess (University of Birmingham), Dr Michael Larkin (Aston University), Dr Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis (University of Bath), and Professor Anthony…

Grooming Policing Sexual abuse
#130 2018

130: Ofcom Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Focus on Critical Understanding

Saville Rossiter-Base/Ofcom (May 2018) A summary of the results of the Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#129 2018

129: Media Use and Attitudes – Focus on Online Risks and Parental Mediation

Saville Rossiter-Base/Ofcom (May 2018) A summary of the results of the Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home…

Children’s behaviour online Internet access and use Positive opportunities online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#128 2018

128: Embracing Powerlessness in Pursuit of Digital Resilience: Managing Cyber-Literacy in Professional Talk

Dr Simon P Hammond and Professor Neil Cooper (Centre for Research on the Child and Family, University of East Anglia) (May…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
#127 2018

127: Social Media, Social Capital and Adolescents Living in State Care: A Multi-Perspective and Multi-Method Qualitative Study

Dr Simon P Hammond, Professor Neil Cooper and Mr Peter Jordan (Centre for Research on the Child and Family, University…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
Children’s behaviour online Risks Teens (13-18)
#125 2018

125: Safer Internet Day 2018 – Digital Friendships: The Role of Technology in Young People’s Relationships

Maithreyi Rajeshkumar and Chris Heal (UK Safer Internet Centre) (February 2018) A summary of a large scale study examining the…

Children’s behaviour online Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
#124 2018

124: Offence Processes of Online Sexual Grooming and Abuse of Children Via Internet Communication Platforms

Dr Juliane Kloess (University of Birmingham), Dr Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis (University of Bath), and Professor Anthony R. Beech (University of Birmingham) (July 2017) A summary of…

Grooming Policing Sexual abuse
#123 2018

123: Does Young People’s Tendency to Experience Risks Reach Across the Online/Offline Divide?

Dr Anke Görzig and the EU Kids Online UK Team (LSE) (January 2018)  A summary of the results of a large scale study…

Children’s behaviour online Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#122 2017

122: Maximising Opportunities and Minimising Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation

Sonia Livingstone, Kjartan Ólafsson, Ellen Helsper, Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Giuseppe Veltri and Frans Folkvord (Nov 2017) A summary of the results…

Digital literacy Parental attitudes Parental mediation
#121 2017

121: ‘Sharenting’, Parent Blogging, and the Boundaries of the Digital Self

Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Alicia Blum Ross (Nov 2017) A summary of research examining how parent bloggers represent themselves…

Digital literacy Parental attitudes
#120 2017

120: Digital Monitoring Behaviours from a Social Learning Perspective

Joris Van Ouytsel, Koen Ponnet and Michel Walrave (Nov 2017) A summary of the results of a study investigating the…

Children’s behaviour online Teens (13-18)
#119 2017

119: Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Applications Used, Motives For, and Consequences of Sexting

Joris Van Ouytsel, Ellen Van Gool, Michel Walrave, Koen Ponnet and Emilie Peeters (Nov 2017) A summary of the results of a study examining high school students’ perceptions of…

Children’s behaviour online Sexting Teens (13-18)
#118 2017

118: Cyberbullying Among Young People

Directorate-General for Internal Policies, European Parliament (Nov 2017) A summary of a report examining the extent, scope and forms of cyberbullying in…

Children’s behaviour online Cyberbullying & harassment Digital literacy
#117 2017

117: House of Lords: Growing Up with the Internet

House of Lords (Nov 2017) A summary of the key findings and recommendations of the inquiry by the House of…

Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy Internet access and use Parental mediation
#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
#104 2017

104: Global Kids Online: Research Synthesis 2015-2016

Global Kids Online (Nov 2016) This report presents the results of qualitative and quantitative research which sampled internet-using children aged…

Digital literacy International Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#103 2017

103: Sexual Rights and Sexual Risks among Youth Online: A Review of Existing Knowledge Regarding Children and Young People’s Developing Sexuality in Relation to New Media Environments

eNACSO & EU Kids Online (Nov 2016) This report reviews available research literature from a diverse group of stakeholders and…

Cyberbullying & harassment Encountering pornography Risks Sexting
#102 2017

102: Families and Screen Time: Current Advice and Emerging Research

LSE Media Policy Project (Nov 2016)  This report reviews the academic literature on ‘parental mediation’, highlighting findings on ‘what is…

Parental mediation
#101 2017

101: Youth Pathways into Cybercrime

Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS), Middlesex University (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of a two phase…

Risks
#100 2017

100: ISEC Project Illegal Use of the Internet Project: Cyber-typologies and Victimisation

Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS), Middlesex University (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of a retrospective online…

Cyberbullying & harassment Grooming Risks Sexting Sexual abuse Teens (13-18)
#99 2017

99: ISEC Project Illegal Use of the Internet Project — National Police Surveys

Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS), Middlesex University (Nov 2016)  A summary of the results of an online questionnaire…

Policing
#98 2017

98: Insafe Helplines: Operations, Effectiveness and Emerging Issues for Internet Safety Helplines

European Schoolnet (EUN), Insafe & the Kaspersky Helpline Fund (May 2016)  A summary of the results of research conducted by EU…

Evaluation Risks
#97 2017

97: Safer Internet Day 2016: Campaign Evaluation

UK Safer Internet Centre & Populus (September 2016)  A summary of the results of an online survey of a nationally representative…

Children (0-8) Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy Evaluation Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#96 2017

96: Sexting and Young People: The Parent's View

NSPCC (August 2016)  A summary of the results of a large scale survey undertaken by FACTs International, on behalf of…

Parental attitudes Risks Sexting
#95 2017

95: Children’s Media Lives: Year 2 Findings – Social Media and Identity

ESRO/Ofcom (January 2016)  A summary of the results of Ofcom’s Children’s Media Lives Study Year 2. This is a small-scale, qualitative…

Internet access and use Social networking
#94 2017

94: Children’s Media Lives: Year 2 Findings – Role of TV and Search Behaviours

ESRO/Ofcom (January 2016)  A summary of the results of Ofcom’s Children’s Media Lives Study Year 2. This is a small-scale, qualitative study…

Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy
#93 2017

93: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Parental Concerns and Mediation

Ofcom (November 2015)  A summary of the results of Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home…

Parental attitudes Parental mediation
#92 2017

92: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Children’s Media Access, Use and Critical Understanding

Ofcom (November 2015) A summary of the results of Ofcom Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home…

Children (0-8) Digital literacy Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#91 2017

91: Safer Internet Day 2016 Creating a Better Internet for All

UK Safer Internet Centre / ResearchBods (February 2016) A summary of the results of an online survey of young peoples’ attitudes,…

Digital literacy Positive opportunities online Risks Teens (13-18)
#90 2017

90: Safer Internet Day 2015: Campaign Evaluation

Populus (November 2015)  A summary of the results of an online survey of a nationally representative group of adults, teens and…

Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy Evaluation Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#89 2017

89: How Parents of Young Children Manage Digital Devices at Home

EU Kids Online, LSE (November 2015) A summary of the results of the re-analysis of the qualitative research study conducted…

Children (0-8) Parental mediation
#88 2017

88: ISEC Illegal Use of the Internet Project — Stakeholder Consultation

Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies, Middlesex University (November 2015) A summary of the results of a small scale stakeholder consultation…

Policing Risks
#87 2017

87: Children’s Media Lives: Year 1 Findings – Advertising, Content Creation and Funding

ESRO/Ofcom (October 2015) A summary of the results of Ofcom Children’s Media Lives Year 1 Study. This is a small-scale, qualitative…

Digital literacy Internet access and use
#86 2017

86: Children’s Media Lives: Year 1 Findings – Devices and Activities

ESRO/Ofcom (October 2015) A summary of the results of Ofcom Children’s Media Lives Year 1 Study. This is a small-scale, qualitative study…

Devices Digital literacy Internet access and use Social networking
#85 2017

85: Children’s Media Lives: Year 1 Findings – Online Safety, Family Dynamics, Parental Concerns and Mediation

ESRO/Ofcom (October 2015) A summary of the results of Ofcom Children’s Media Lives Year 1 Study. This is a small-scale, qualitative study…

Digital literacy Parental mediation
#84 2017

84: Childwise Monitor PreSchool Report 2015

Childwise (October 2015) A summary of the results of the CHILDWISE Monitor Pre-School Report 2015. It provides an overview of trends…

Children (0-8) Devices Internet access and use
#83 2017

83: Net Children Go Mobile: UK Qualitative Research Results

Net Children Go Mobile (July 2015)  A summary of the UK results of a larger scale European qualitative study of the perceptions…

Devices Internet access and use Parental attitudes Parental mediation Risks Schools
#82 2017

82: Net Children Go Mobile: European Qualitative Research Results

Net Children Go Mobile (July 2015) A summary of a large scale European qualitative study of the perceptions and perspectives of…

Devices International Internet access and use Parental mediation Risks Schools
#81 2017

81: Young Children (0-8) and Digital Technology: A Qualitative Exploratory Study Across Seven Countries

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (June 2015)  A summary of a European pilot study undertaken across 7 countries. 70 focus groups…

Children’s behaviour online Devices International Internet access and use Parental attitudes
#80 2017

80: EU Kids Online: The Meaning of Online Problematic Situations for Children

EU Kids Online (June 2015)  A summary of a report presenting the results of a large scale European study which used…

International Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#79 2017

79: EU Kids Online: Developing Social Media Literacy

EU Kids Online (June 2015)  A summary of a report presenting the results of a large scale European study which used…

Children’s behaviour online Inappropriate content online International Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)
#78 2017

78: Internet Watch Foundation: Study of Youth-Produced Sexual Content

IWF (June 2015) An overview of the results of a 3 month study by IWF Internet Content Analysts examining the…

Digital literacy Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Social networking Teens (13-18)
#77 2017

77: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Parental Mediation

Ofcom (February 2015)  A summary of the results of the Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy Tracker, a large-scale quantitative survey based on…

Internet access and use Parental attitudes Parental mediation
#76 2017

76: Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes – Children's Usage

Ofcom (February 2015)  A summary of the results of the Ofcom’s Children’s Media Literacy, a large-scale quantitative survey based on in-home…

Children (0-8) Devices Digital literacy Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Teens (13-18)
#75 2017

75: Net Aware: A Parent's Guide to Social Networking Sites

NSPCC (January 2015) The results of a large scale quantitative study which informed the design of the NSPCC Netaware Guide. The…

Children (0-8) Internet access and use Parental attitudes Pre-teens (9-12) Social networking
#74 2017

74: Safer Internet Day 2014: Campaign Evaluation

Populus (January 2015) A summary of the results of an online survey of a nationally representative group of adults, teens and…

Children (0-8) Children’s behaviour online Digital literacy Evaluation Inappropriate content online Internet access and use Pre-teens (9-12) Risks Teens (13-18)