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The report is designed to give an accessible overview of media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15. It also documents the views of parents/carers about their child’s media use, and the rules, tools and other ways that parents manage such use. See http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/oct2011/Children_and_parents.pdf

Research and evidence is vital to inform the promotion of a safer online environment for children. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) Evidence Champion, Professor Sonia Livingstone and Evidence Group aim to provide UKCCIS with a research strategy plus a timely, critical and rigorous account of available research relevant to the ongoing work of UKCCIS.

Excessive use of the internet is very high among children in the UK with one in five admitting they have gone without food or sleep to stay online. 

More than one in eight children have been bothered or upset by online content finds a report published today based on interviews with 23,000 young people across Europe. However researchers stressed that the majority of children had no upsetting experiences on the internet and indeed were often comfortable doing things that some adults consider risky.

In 2009, NTT DOCOMO’s Mobile Society Research Institute and the GSMA jointly conducted an international research study in six countries: Japan, South Korea, China, India, Mexico and Cyprus.

WASHINGTON - The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) has applauded the final report of the Online Safety and Technology Working Group (OSTWG) for recognizing that there is no single solution to keeping kids safe online and finding that all stakeholders including parents, industry, educators, and government must work to improve online safety.

This review maps the latest relevant evidence on the main topics related to the online risks to children, draws out some of the key findings from the evidence, and indicates where there are currently gaps where future research may be needed.

The main topics investigated as part of the review include:

New research from Eurydice at NFER shows how 30 European countries teach children about online safety. The research was carried out by the Eurydice information network on education in Europe, to support the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme. 

Main findings

Education on Online Safety (OS) is included in the school curriculum in 24 of the 30 European countries or regions, but it is implemented through a range of different paths and levels of intensity. Specific topics include:

Professor Tanya Byron has confirmed the UK as a world leader in child internet safety but advised that Government and Industry need to make faster progress in delivery if the UK is to stay ahead of advances in technology.

Today we’ve published our annual UK Children's Media Literacy Audit, which provides an overview of media literacy among children and young people and their parents and carers.

Key Findings include: