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RIGHTS AND RESILIENCE IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

SONIA LIVINGSTONE

#eSafety19 #GlobalKidsOnline @Livingstone_S s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk www.globalkidsonline.net

Growing research to inform policy & practice

Diverse countries, contexts & methods

Framework & hypotheses - revised

Access to connected devices is unequal

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1 2 3 4 Ghana Philippines Albania South Africa Montenegro Bulgaria Brazil Argentina Chile Uruguay Italy

Boys Girls # Devices used by

Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report. UNICEF and LSE.

Locating use – home more than school

63 49 96 91 92 98 89 98 92 77 97 12 21 26 43 33 50 30 63 45 54 42

50 100 Ghana Philippines Albania South Africa Montenegro Bulgaria Brazil* Argentina* Chile Uruguay Italy

School Home

* Asked as a yes/no question in Brazil and Argentina. In Argentina, questions were asked of 13-17 year olds.

% Who use at

Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report. UNICEF and LSE.

Digital skills play a mediating role

Climbing the ladder of online participation

Search, videos, games, music, messaging

Networking, commenting, schoolwork

News, hobbies, content creation

Health, campaigns, blogging

See https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1019-ladder-of-childrens-online-participation-findings-from-three-gko-countries.html

Online risks vary by country

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25 50 75

Self-harm content Suicide content Hate speech Violent content Sexual content Meeting someone face-to-face Being treated in a hurtful way

Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report. UNICEF and LSE.

From risk to harm – a variable pathway

Note that data for only 5 of the 7 risks were available in Albania; for 6 risks in South Africa; and for 3 risks in Montenegro.

Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report. UNICEF and LSE.

Enabling vs restrictive parenting practices

Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report. UNICEF and LSE.

Towards evidence-based policy

Conceptualising impact

Selected impact

GKO findings were cited in contributing to the government’s National Broadband Plan and National Digital Strategy. Ministry of Education and Science changed its policy discourse from technical skills to digital literacy, and integrated an hour of media education per year for all young people. The Department of Education is using the GKO findings to justify the curriculum integration of life skills, digital skills and digital wellness modules for younger children. The GKO recommendation to promote digital literacy was included in the new Convergent Communications

• Law. Young adolescents,

teachers, child protection and justice officers were provided training in Buenos Aires by creating a digital coexistence programme. The Ministry for Gender and Children and Social Protection uses GKO findings in the inclusion of COP in the revision of the Children's Act. A COP module was added to the community engagement toolkit used at regional, district and community levels Building on GKO findings relating to 9-11 year olds, the UNICEF office developed a learning toolkit app and is now working with the Ministry of Education to support its use in IT classes. GKO research influenced the internet regulator to require service providers to reduce data costs, based on the finding that data costs are a barrier to children’s

• pportunities online.

GKO research informed a public awareness campaign

• n internet security, guidance

for parents was produced, and teachers co-produced interventions to share with

• ther professionals.

Reflecting on impact

Children’s rights & the digital environment

In the meantime . . .

Thank you

#eSafety19 #GlobalKidsOnline @Livingstone_S s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk www.globalkidsonline.net