Social networking, age and privacy

Livingstone, Sonia ORCID: 0000-0002-3248-9862, Ólafsson, Kjartan and Staksrud, Elisabeth (2011) Social networking, age and privacy. . EU Kids Online, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Social networking sites (SNS) are popular among European children: 38% of 9-12 year olds and 77% of 13-16 year olds have a profile. Facebook is used by one third of 9-16 year old internet users. Age restrictions are only partially effective, although there are many differences by country and SNS. One in five 9-12 year olds have a Facebook profile, rising to over 4 in 10 in some countries. The report also shows that: • Younger children are more likely than older to have their profile ‘public’. Over a quarter of 9-12 year old SNS users have their profile ‘set to public’. • Parental rules for SNS use, when applied, are partly effective, especially for younger children. • A quarter of SNS users communicate online with people unconnected to their daily lives, including one fifth of 9-12 year old SNS users. • One fifth of children whose profile is public display their address and/or phone number, twice as many as for those with private profiles. • The features designed to protect children from other users if needed are not easily understood, by many younger and some older children.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	http://www.eukidsonline.net/
Additional Information:	© 2011 European Community Safer Internet Plus Programme and the authors
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited:	03 May 2011 14:07
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2024 16:43
Funders:	EC Safer Internet Programme
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35849

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