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LSE prof @MediaLSE | Children's digital experiences and rights | evidence to inform policy | s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk | Stay in touch at https://t.co/ACGUuLLk06
May 9, 2024 8 tweets 2 min read
1/🔍 New Article Alert in the @FRSjournal! 📚 How do digital technologies become embedded in family life across generations? 🤔 Check out our findings in this thread! @EUCHANSE @MediaLSE

Read our open-access pre-print here: eprints.lse.ac.uk/122327/
Image 2/ 🧐 In our scoping review, we found 1348 studies on digital tech, family dynamics, generational research, and relationality to find answer and narrowed down to 53 publications.
Jan 30, 2024 10 tweets 2 min read
1/ Thread: Our report with @NSPCC is the first in six years to reflect on available evidence about children’s safety online. This is part 2/2 of my threads explaining the findings. #ChildSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #EvidenceBased #ChildOnlineProtection @MediaLSE #UnitedKingdom 🧑‍💻🔍 Image 2/ When it comes to design features & harm exposure, alarming trends emerge as recommender can algorithms steer children into risky domains. Popularity metrics can also incentivise time online, increasing exposure. #OnlineHarm #DigitalWellbeing 🚨💻
Oct 13, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
🌐 Ever wondered how families navigate rules around digital use for very young children? 🧑‍💻 We explore European parents' and children’s perspectives! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Image 🤔 **Key Questions**

➡️ What rules are in place for children’s tech use?

➡️ Are parents aware of the risks and opportunities?

➡️How do children manage these rules?

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Aug 18, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
🧵 What factors support young people’s #digitalwellbeing?

Our review paper in @EurPsychol_jour synthesises research about #onlinerisk, #harms, #resilience & #digitalliteracy to discuss key facilitators. @ySKILLS_eu @MediaLSE @CORE_H2020 Image @EurPsychol_jour @ySKILLS_eu @MediaLSE @CORE_H2020 Literature about these young people's digital life resides in separate bodies of literature (eg: in terms of risks, literacy, harm, skills etc.). Our review synthesises them into an integrated research framework to guide further research.
Apr 10, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
In a new systematic evidence review,@JoyceVissenberg @LeendHaenens @Livingstone_S @ySKILLS_eu integrate research on youth digital literacy, wellbeing, online risks & resilience.

4 findings (in thread) support educating rather than overprotecting children.
yskills.eu/what-do-we-kno… 1/ Correlational research suggests that negative online experiences undermine young people’s wellbeing. But some studies point to a reciprocal relationship between risk (particularly cyber-victimisation) and wellbeing.