Sonia Livingstone|Magdalena Bober
Taking up Online Opportunities? Children's Uses of the Internet for Education, Communication and Participation
London School of Economics and Political Science|London School of Economics and Political Science
research project uk children go online ukcgo conducting rigorous investigation 919 yearolds use internet comparing girls boys different ages backgrounds etc order ask internet may transforming may shaped family life peer networks school combines qualitative interviews observations major national survey 919 yearolds n 1511 parents n 906 article focuses two key opportunities internet affords children young people first education informal learning literacy second communication participation education learning represent approved uses internet often reason parents governments invest domestic internet access children young people far excited internet communication medium however opportunities available children young people taken equally hence article concludes charting emergence new divide signalling emerging inequalities quality internet use children young people divided internet increasingly rich diverse engaging stimulating resource growing importance lives remains narrow unengaging occasionally useful resource rather less significance