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A representative survey of parents and children identifies risks of online use by children and young people as well as ways of dealing with them in order to create an up-to-date, knowledge-based foundation for the further development of youth media protection.
As part of the project "Security for Children in the Digital World", funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research, the HBI is researching the legal framework concerning online risks for children. It will develop ways of optimally interlinking actors and measures and investigate...
Some children and adolescents may experience stressful situations online. In the context of her dissertation project, Kira Thiel investigates how adolescents deal with such online experiences and which coping strategies they use.
What effects does the corona crisis have on families, children and their use of digital media? The HBI participates with a German partial survey in a European comparative study of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC).
International data on children and online media is extensive, heterogeneous and partly contradictory. The CO:RE project seeks to create a comprehensive pan-European knowledge platform with the participation of international researchers and relevant interest groups, providing an overview of the resea...
The consensual exchange of intimate image content (sexting) is now part of the reality of life for many children and young people who are developing sexually and exploring their sexuality in the digital space. Sünje Andresen and Stephan Dreyer, together with two colleagues from the "Arbeit...
The findings of the qualitative study by Kira Thiel and Dr Claudia Lampert provide valuable information on how young people deal with stressful online experiences and where they need support. From a media education perspective, approaches that raise young people's awareness of their rights in t...
The fourth edition of the Better Internet for Kids (BIK) Policy Map provides an overview of the implementation of the "European Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids" (BIK Strategy) in the EU Member States as well as Iceland and Norway. It is the first report of its kind since the adopti...
A new online handbook from the project CO:RE – Children Online: Research and Evidence explains how to conduct research on the online use of children and adolescents and which ethical aspects need to be considered. go to the Online Handbook Kotilainen, S. (Hrsg.). (2022). Methods in...
Wolfgang Schulz and Stephan Dreyer are very critical of the draft discussion paper for a new Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media. The concept of a "youth protection device" at the operating system level presented in the draft, a kind of child protection mode that can...
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