Livingstone, Sonia 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3248-9862, Ólafsson, Kjartan and Staksrud, Elisabeth
(2013)
Risky social networking practices among ‘under-age’ users: lessons for evidence-based policy.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18 (3).
pp. 303-320.
ISSN 1083-6101
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Abstract
European self-regulation to ensure children's safety on social networking sites requires that providers ensure children are old enough to use the sites, aware of safety messages, empowered by privacy settings, discouraged from disclosing personal information, and supported by easy to use reporting mechanisms. This article assesses the regulatory framework with findings from a survey of over 25000 9- to 16-year-olds from 25 European countries. These reveal many underage children users, and many who lack the digital skills to use social networking sites safely. Despite concerns that children defy parental mediation, many comply with parental rules regarding social networking. The implications of the findings are related to policy decisions on lower age limits and self-regulation of social networking sites.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 International Communication Association |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2013 11:00 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2024 05:38 |
| Projects: | SIP-KEP-321803 |
| Funders: | European Commission (DG Information Society) Safer Internet plus Programme |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/45014 |
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