Sonia Livingstone
Children's Use of the Internet: Reflections on the Emerging Research Agenda
London School of Economics and Political Science
domestic access internet reaches mass market industrialized countries article identifies evaluates emerging research agenda focusing particularly children young people nature childrens internet use generates public anxieties guide undermine research complicating already challenging study children within privacy home body empirical work reviewed still small already key questions academic policy significance addressed regarding opportunities dangers internet use opportunities include communication identity participation education learning literacy dangers arising exclusion digital divide certain kinds use relating inappropriate undesirable contact content commercialism domains research strengths gaps future research identified article concludes noting areas theoretical consensus uncertainty framing research agenda field