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Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research

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Intense media and policy focus on issues of online child protection have prompted a resurgence of moral panics about children and adolescents' Internet use, with frequent confounding of different types of risk and harm and little reference to empirical evidence of actual harm. Meanwhile, within the academic literature, the quantity and quality of studies detailing the risks and opportunities of online activity for children and young people has risen substantially in the past 10 years, but thi...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1080/1369118x.2014.934387

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University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Social Sciences Division
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Routledge Publisher's website
Journal:
Information, Communication & Society Journal website
Volume:
18
Issue:
1
Pages:
48-62
Publication date:
2014-07-08
Acceptance date:
2014-06-04
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EISSN:
1468-4462
ISSN:
1369-118X
Language:
English
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uuid:1309d661-1850-41de-bb99-acc9b5bf26f0
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477351
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2019-07-10

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