Maximizing Opportunities and Minimizing Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation

Livingstone, Sonia; Ólafsson, Kjartan; Helsper, Ellen; Lupiáñez‐Villanueva, Francisco; Veltri, Giuseppe; Folkvord, Frans

doi:10.1111/jcom.12277

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Maximizing Opportunities and Minimizing Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation

Published in Journal of Communication • Jan 11, 2017

Authors:

Sonia Livingstone

Kjartan Ólafsson

Ellen Helsper

Abstract

As Internet use becomes widespread at home, parents are trying to maximize their children's online opportunities while also minimizing online risks. We surveyed parents of 6- to 14-year-olds in 8 European countries (N = 6,400). A factor analysis revealed 2 parental mediation strategies. Enabling med...

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Mediation

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