Author Identifier (ORCID)
Lelia Green: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-4679
Abstract
This report analyses how children aged 9-16 changed their internet use between 2010, when most children used fixed computers and laptops, and 2013, with over one-quarter (c. 28%) of 9-12 year olds, and three-fifths (c. 60%) of 13-16 year olds, accessing the internet via a smartphone.
Non-Traditional Research Output
Report for External Body
Document Type
Report
Date of Publication
2014
Research Statement
The report advanced and extended knowledge through an evidence-based analysis of European children’s (9-16) digital mobile media use. Children from theNet Children Go Mobile countries (2013-14) were compared with peers from the same nations in EU Kids Online (2010). Mobile phone internet access increased from 31% to 41%, and tablet use rose from 13% to 23%. Children also reported greater exposure to online risks. This quasi-longitudinal comparison established that children’s access to mobile digital media is associated with a higher proportion of risks experienced in content, contact or behaviour online. The findings have Australian relevance because the parallel EU and AU Kids Online studies in 2010-2011 established Australia children as early mobile media users. In 2013-14, children’s mobile use in the Net Children Go Mobile countries did not yet equal the 2010-2011 Australian figures, helping explain higher risk exposure reported by AU Kids.
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
Publisher
EU Kids Online Network
School
School of Communication and Arts
RAS ID
25958
Copyright
free_to_read
Comments
Stald, G. B., Green, L., Barbowski, M., Haddon, L., Mascheroni, G., Sagvari, B., ... & Tzaliki, L. (2014). Online on the mobile: Internet use on the smartphone and associated risks among youth in Europe. EU Kids Online. https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/research/research-projects/eu-kids-online