This project is succeded by the project EU Kids Online IV (ongoing).
It is vital to chart and understand the complex nature of the changing risk context for children and their families, so as to inform policy makers, educators and the public about emerging online trends and possible solutions.
About the projects
Between 2009 and 2011, EU Kids Online II conducted original empirical research across 23 member states plus Norway and Turkey with national samples of children aged 9-16 years old and their parents.
The aim was to produce a rigorous, cross-nationally comparative quantitative evidence base regarding internet use across Europe.
Results
- Core findings regarding children's and parents' experiences of online technologies, focused on comparisons of children's and parents' perceptions of and practices regarding online risk and safety.
- Patterns of risk and safety online to be identified following top-down hypothesis testing and bottom-up exploration of relationships among different variables, conducted on a cross-national basis.
- Evidence-based policy and research recommendations.
Financing
The projects was co-financed by the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme