Background
The past decade of technological change has been accompanied by a decade of research seeking to understand the nature of these changes as they shape everyday life, tracing their social consequences within the home, for parents and children, for the peer group, at school, and in the wider society.
A major conclusion in the EU Kids Online I project in 2009 was that a robust, comparable and up to date portrait of online risks encountered by European children is lacking. The EU Kids Online II survey was organised directly to address the need for comparable research findings across countries on the basis of which recommendations for child safety, media literacy and awareness could be formulated.
The European evidence database.
To maintain an updated picture of the evidence base. EU Kids Online is identifying, evaluating and publicising the European Evidence Base. The report reviews the availability and contents of this evidence base, focusing on the availability of research and key research gaps. It accompanies two online outputs: European Evidence Database. This now contains information about over 1000 studies, and is freely searchable online at www.eukidsonline.net
Frequently Asked Questions: an interactive resource for researchers and research users regarding methodological best practice for studying children’s use of internet and online technologies in diverse countries. See www.eukidsonline.net. Our recent search for evidence, conducted by teams from 33 countries, has resulted in over 1,200 studies being entered into the European Evidence Database. This is some 800 more than the previous total of nearly 400 identified in 2009. Of the 1,200 studies, network members have also produced summaries of the findings and included these in the searchable database.
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eprints.lse.ac.uk/50228/1/__Libfile_repository_Content_Livingstone%2C S_Children’s use of online technologies in Europe(lsero).pdf