Research into safe use of the internet

Ireland has recently become a member country involved in conducting an international European Research project on Cultural, Contextual and Risk Issues in Children’s Safe Use of the Internet and New Media. The EU Kids Online (2006-2009) will examine research carried out in 18 member states into how children and young people use the internet and new media. This three-year collaboration aims to identify comparable research findings across Europe to evaluate the social, cultural and regulatory influences affecting both risks and children’s and parents’ responses to them. It will chart available data, note indicate gaps and identify factors that shape the research capability of European research institutions. Finally, it will examine methodological issues relating to cross-cultural analyses and the study of children’s online experience in order to develop a best practice guide to research. All Irish researchers, policy-makers and practitioners are invited to support this work. If you know of any relevant research or research-related activities that impact on questions of children and young people’s use, risk and safety online, please email P.Tsatsou@lse.ac.uk or further information, contact the website http://www.eukidsonline.net/

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