Online opportunities bring diverse benefits for children’s learning, participation, creativity and identity. Or so it is often claimed. Although society has invested hugely in access to digital technologies, a recent evidence review found that surprisingly little is understood about how online opportunities generate tangible outcomes for children…
In this vlog, John Hartley talks about his work, the ideas that inspire him, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
You have interesting findings and new insights, but are you uncertain how to interpret them? How to move beyond empirical findings to make a theoretical or conceptual contribution, or engage with the current debates?
In this vlog, Amanda Third talks about her work, the ideas that inspire her, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
Save the Date: Mon, 12 July 2021 | 17-18:30 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on theories and concepts on children’s opportunities online.
Technologies are spreading into all aspects of our lives via smart devices, internet of things, augmented reality and data profiling. Children’s lives have become digital by default, with digital technologies the taken-for-granted means of playing, seeing family, doing schoolwork, hanging out with friends in a post-COVID world. But where does the digital begin and end, what does it include?
In this vlog, Elisabeth Staksrud talks about her work, the ideas that inspire her, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
Save the Date: Fri, 07 May 2021 | 16:30 – 18:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on theories and concepts of children in digital environments.
As is being widely discussed, in today’s fast-developing digital ecology, the nature of online risk is continually evolving, sometimes exposing children to emerging risks well before adults know how to mitigate them…
In this vlog, Ellen Wartella talks about her work, the ideas that inspire her, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
The idea behind the development of the 3Cs of online risk was to disaggregate specific risks, with their different causes and consequences, and broaden the public agenda beyond the then predominant focus on pornography, grooming and cyberbullying.
Save the Date: Wed, 10 March 2021 | 16:00 – 17:30 CET | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on theories and concepts of online risks for children and youth.
In this vlog, Uwe Hasebrink talks about his work, the ideas that inspire him, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
Technologies play an increasingly important role for disabled children’s right to “live a full and decent life with dignity and, as far as possible, independence and to play an active part in the community” (UNCRC, Article 23)…
In this vlog, David Finkelhor talks about his work, the ideas that inspire him, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
In this vlog, Sonia Livingstone talks about her work, the ideas that inspire her, and how we should develop our current thinking related to children’s internet use.
Our CO:RE WP5 team (LSE) releases a new vlog series based on interviews with key experts whose work can help us understand children’s online lives. We asked a series of prominent scholars in the field to reflect on their disciplinary origins and perspectives …
We discussed questions related to children’s well-being in ever more digitized environments with Dr Richard Graham, Professor Laura Lundy, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor David Smahel, and Professor Kitty Stewart. Read what they had to say …
How do we imagine children and young people’s role as digital citizens? What do we expect them to know and understand about online platforms? Over the last decade, we have witnessed major transformations in children’s …
Save the Date: Friday, 18 September 2020 | 16:00 – 17:15 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on theories in relation to digital technologies in the lives of children and young people
Well-being has become a bit of a buzzword, but what is it? How does it relate to cognate terms like happiness, health or quality of life? Is it a feature of an individual or a society, and what does it depend on?
Understanding children online:
Theories, concepts, debates –
Every time we begin to write something about children online, we have to choose our words.
Save the Date: Friday, 03 July 2020 | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on the theoretical foundations of digital skills, literacies and citizenship …
Save the Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 | 16:00 – 17:00 CEST | By CO:RE WP5 – Department of Media and Communications, LSE.
A multidisciplinary webinar on the impacts of digital technologies on children’s and young people’s well-being …