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 # Devices used by Boys Girls 2.6 Italy 2.1 1.7 Uruguay 1.6 2.9 Chile 2.5 2.7 Argentina 2.5 2.0 Brazil 1.8 2.6 Bulgaria 2.3 2.2 Montenegro 1.9 1.7 South Africa 1.2 2.2 Albania 2.0 1.3 Philippines 0.9 0.9 Ghana 0.8 0 1 2 3 4 Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report . UNICEF and LSE.
Locating use – home more than school School Home % Who use at 42 Italy 97 54 Uruguay 77 45 Chile 92 63 Argentina* 98 30 Brazil* 89 50 Bulgaria 98 33 Montenegro 92 43 South Africa 91 26 Albania 96 21 Philippines 49 12 Ghana 63 0 50 100 * Asked as a yes/no question in Brazil and Argentina. In Argentina, questions were asked of 13-17 year olds. Findings from GKO (forthcoming) Cross-national comparative report . UNICEF and LSE.
Digital skills play a mediating role
Climbing the ladder of online participation Health, campaigns, blogging News, hobbies, content creation Networking, commenting, schoolwork Search, videos, games, music, messaging See https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1019-ladder-of-childrens-online-participation-findings-from-three-gko-countries.html
Online risks vary by country Self-harm content Suicide content Hate speech Violent content Sexual content Meeting someone face-to-face 75 Being treated in a hurtful way 51 50 40 39 37 36 35 35 34 33 33 30 31 30 29 28 27 26 24 23 25 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 20 20 19 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 8 6 0 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 Building on GKO findings relating to 9-11 year olds, the UNICEF office developed a learning toolkit app and is Ministry of Education and now working with the Science changed its policy Ministry of Education to The Ministry for Gender and discourse from technical skills to support its use in IT classes. Children and Social Protection digital literacy, and integrated an uses GKO findings in the hour of media education per year inclusion of COP in the for all young people. revision of the Children's Act. A COP module was added to GKO findings were the community engagement cited in contributing toolkit used at regional, district to the government’s and community levels National Broadband Plan and National GKO research influenced Digital Strategy. the internet regulator to require service providers to The Department of reduce data costs, based on Education is using the the finding that data costs GKO findings to justify the are a barrier to children’s curriculum integration of opportunities online. life skills, digital skills and digital wellness modules The GKO recommendation for younger children. to promote digital literacy was included in the new Convergent Communications GKO research informed a Law. Young adolescents, public awareness campaign teachers, child protection and on internet security, guidance justice officers were for parents was produced, and provided training in Buenos teachers co-produced Aires by creating a digital interventions to share with coexistence programme. other professionals.
Reflecting on impact
Children’s rights & the digital environment
In the meantime . . .
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