Sonia Livingstone|Kjartan Ólafsson|Ellen Helsper|Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva|Giuseppe Veltri|Frans Folkvord
Maximizing Opportunities and Minimizing Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation
London School of Economics and Political Science|University of Akureyri|London School of Economics and Political Science|Universitat Oberta de Catalunya|University of Leicester|Universitat Oberta de Catalunya|Radboud University Nijmegen
internet use becomes widespread home parents trying maximize childrens online opportunities also minimizing online risks surveyed parents 6 14yearolds 8 european countries n 6400 factor analysis revealed 2 parental mediation strategies enabling mediation associated increased online opportunities also risks strategy incorporates safety efforts responds child agency employed parent child relatively digitally skilled may support harm restrictive mediation associated fewer online risks cost opportunities reflecting policy advice regards media use primarily problematic favored parent child digital skills lower potentially keeping vulnerable children safe yet undermining digital inclusion