Sonia Livingstone|Ellen Helsper
Children, internet and risk in comparative perspective
know changing array opportunities risks different children encountering internet special issue includes articles exploring diverse dimensions eu kids online survey based detailed inhome facetoface representative survey 25142 children aged 916 years old plus one parents childrens internet use investigated two levels first taking child unit analysis examine individual demographic psychological factors relating socially mediated environment centred parental school peer relations second taking country unit analysis focusing factors socioeconomic stratification regulatory framework technological infrastructure education system cultural values possible explanations differences online use risk safety articles issue reveal sheer scale project permits focused analysis complex patterns particular subgroups within dataset thus new findings conclusions reached regarding relation cyberbullying perpetrators victims offline meetings varieties online stranger childrens strategies coping online risks ways digital skills parental mediation operate potentially ameliorating harm lessons theory crossnational comparison research methodology also identified