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Media Coverage July 2004

Parents 'under-estimate' net risks (BBC Online, 20 July 2004)
Parents are still largely unaware of the risks their children take on the net, even though 75% of teenagers use the net at home, says a report. A London School of Economics study suggested 57% had seen net porn but most stumbled on it accidentally via spam or pop-ups.

Half of young people view web porn (Guardian Online, 21 July)
More than half of young people who use the internet have come into contact with internet porn, new research published today showed.

We need a balanced approach to web regulation (Guardian Online, 21 July)
While parents' lack of awareness of their children's use of the internet is worrying, says Sonia Livingstone, we must limit the risks while preserving the benefits.

Parents in the dark over web porn risk (The Western Mail, 21 July 2004)
Parents are still ignorant of the dangers their children face daily on the internet, a major survey has found. Research by a team based at the London School of Economics found that 57% of young people aged 9-19 have come into contact with pornography online.

Parents 'unsure how kids use net' (CBBC Newsround, 21 July 2004)
Parents aren't sure what happens when their kids go online and don't know much about the dangers of surfing. That's what a new survey reckons, after asking kids how they used the net and parents how they thought kids did.

Parents must monitor web use (ITV News, 21 July 2004)
Parents are being told to monitor web usage after a survey showed more than half of children have come into contact with internet pornography.

Top story - Internet dangers (GMTV, 21 July 2004)
How can you ensure your child's safety online? Parents considerably under-estimate the risks their children are experiencing online, according to new research from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Children on the web (Sky News, 21 July 2004)
Campaigners are warning that parents are often unaware of what their children are accessing on the Web. They claim that more than half of children surfing regularly have come into contact with pornography. Research into nine to 19-year-olds who go online at least once a week has shown 57% have come into contact with pornography.

BT blocks 20,000 attempts a day to access child porn (Daily Telegraph, 21 July 2004)
... More than half of children who use the internet have come into contact with pornography, according to research by the London School of Economics. Its study - the largest body of academic research on children's use of technology in Britain - said parents "considerably underestimated" the risks their children were experiencing online.

Talks aim to tackle internet child porn (The Scotsman, 21 July 2004)
... The summit announcement came as parents were today warned to be on their guard following the first detailed national survey into children's contact with online porn revealed worrying results ...

Porn pop-ups and spam hijacking UK kids' surfing (Silicon.com, 21 July 2004)
Teenagers are looking at dodgy content on the internet and their parents don't know anything about it - that's no surprise. What is surprising, however, is that most claim to be unwitting victims of spammers and pop-up merchants.

Parents ignorant of children porn risk (E-consultancy.com, 21 July 2004)
More than half of children who surf the internet have viewed internet pornography without their parents knowing, according to a new report issued by a team based at the London School of Economics entitled UK Children Go Online.

Parents clueless about kids online (The Register, 21 July 2004)
Parents haven't a clue what their kids get up to online. That's just one of the findings of a report out today by the London School of Economics which reveals a gulf between what children do online - and what parents think their children get up to.

Parents unaware of children's online activities (Manchester Online, 21 July 2004)
Campaigners today warned parents to be wary after a survey showed more than half of children surfing the web at least once a week have come into contact with pornography.

New alert over net porn's perils for children (The Herald, 22 July 2004)
CAMPAIGNERS yesterday warned parents to be extra vigilant after a survey showed more than half of children surfing the internet at least once a week have come into contact with pornography and nearly 50% have given out personal information.

PM calls internet child porn summit (Daily Record, 22 July 2004)
... As Blair spoke yesterday, a survey revealed a yawning gap between what children actually encounter on the internet and what parents believe they are seeing. Researchers interviewed more than 1500 nine to 19-year-olds and found that 57 per cent had come into contact with internet porn...

50% of kids see net porn (The Sun, 22 July 2004)
MORE than half of kids have seen porn on the internet, it was revealed yesterday. A third have also been subjected to unwanted sexual comments. And most parents are unaware their kids have been affected — with only 16 per cent believing their children HAVE seen porn online.

Kids Get an Eyeful Online (e-Marketer, USA, 23 July, 2004)
An LSE survey shows more than one-half of young people in the UK who go online at least once a week come into contact with pornography. According to new research from the London School of Economics (LSE), parents considerably underestimate the risks their children experience online.

Youngsters 'can't evaluate reliability of info on Net' (The Straits Times, Singapore, 26 July 2004)
Children lack the skills needed to evaluate the reliability of information available on the Internet, says a new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). The study, published last week, found that only one in 10 children are sceptical about the information they find online.

The Myths Of Growing Up Online (Technology Review, 3 September 2004, by Henry Jenkins, MIT)
... A highlight of the conference was London School of Economics professor Sonia Livingstone's announcement of the preliminary findings of a major research initiative called UK Children Go Online...

Lost in cyberspace? (Spiked Online, 23 September 2004, by Wendy Earle, BFI)
... This point is brought out in 'UK Children Go Online', a recently published survey of how five- to 19-year olds use the internet. The authors of the report, LSE academics Sonia Livingstone and Magdalena Bober, reveal that the vast majority of children are now connected to the internet and have mobile phones...

Secret lives of high-tech teenagers (Sunday Times, 24 October 2004)
... Such attitudes might come as a bit of a shock to a grown-up, but according to a recent survey by the London School of Economics, UK Children Go Online (UKCGO), they are not so wide of the mark. More than half the 9-to 19-year-olds who go online have seen pornography, and a quarter have received pornographic mail, with one in 10 being sent it by someone they know...

Families row over home PC access (BBC News Online, 26 November 2004)
... Dr Magdalena Bober, who works with Dr Sonia Livingstone on the major London School of Economic project looking at parents and young people's use of technology, told the BBC News website that often younger family members get priority use over the machines...

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