Back Pages: RESEARCH
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Share of teenage social media users who think they are addicted to social media
UK Users by gender in 2023 who considered they were addicted to social media |
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Around a quarter of 5-7 year-olds now own a smartphone in the UK
This Ofcom survey also shows that 5-7 year-olds' online active increased year-on-year |
Smartphones ▼ |
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School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood
University of York psychologists tested the impact of smartphones on children''s behaviour for a Channel 4 documentary |
Social Media ▼ |
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The echo chamber effect on social media
Key differences between main social media platforms and how they likely influence information spreading and echo chamber formation |
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What Gen Z thinks about its social media and smartphone usage
The Harris Poll in conjunction with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and his team |
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How social media turns online arguments between teens into real-world violence
The Study finds four ways the young try to prevent violence through social media: avoidance, deescalation, reaching out for help and bystander intervention. |
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What Makes TikTok so Addictive?
An Analysis of the Mechanisms Underlying the World’s Latest Social Media Craze |
Children/Young People ▼ |
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The Centre for Social Justice: Lost Boys
The last 100 years saw leaps forward in outcomes and rights for women. Boys are now being left behind |
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Ofcom: Research into risk factors that may lead children to harm online
Research by "Revealing Reality", an independent social research agency Offense? 🤫 Distress? 😧 |
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Refuge and Risk
Life Online for Vulnerable Young People (Published by "Internet Matters") |
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NSPCC - Online risks to children: evidence review
Reviewing the evidence base on online harms to children |
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Ofcom Children’s Media Lives: Life in Lockdown Aug 2020
Analysis of findings from a Covid-19-specific wave of the longitudinal Children’s Media Lives study |
Online Influences ▼ |
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Youth depression driven by internet addiction, say researchers
Caught in the web: a meta-analysis of Internet addiction, excessive daytime sleepiness and depressive symptoms in adolescents |
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4 reasons teens take part in social media challenges
why do young people take challenges that pose a threat to health, well-being and, occasionally, their very lives? |
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OfCom Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2020/21
looking at media use, attitudes & understanding among children/young people age 5-15, plus media access & use by children aged 3-4 |
Disinformation ▼ |
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Social media ‘bots’ used to boost political messages during Brexit referendum
Unique research discovers automated accounts were key in spreading misinformation in 2016. |
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Investigation: content by bot-like a/cs on X seen 150M times ahead of 2024 UK elections
Describes five flags used to determine whether an account is likely a bot |
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Cyabra
U.S. Consultancy reporting Online Misinformation and Disinformation |
Artificial Intelligence ▼ |
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Anthropomorphism in AI: hype and fallacy
By focusing on these two dimensions of anthropomorphism in AI, the essay highlights negative ethical consequences of thephenomenon in this field. |
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Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence
AI tool Developers/users need a better understanding of when such approaches need improvement, and of challenges posed by poor data quality/stewardship |
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AI Thinking: a framework for rethinking artificial intelligence in practice
New research published in Royal Society Open Science presents a new framework to help understand the decisions and considerations that go into AI use |
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The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking
Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers |
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The Data Provenance Initiative
A collective of AI researchers from around the world |
Catalogues ▼ |
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DFC Research Database
Free to use: goal of database is supporting children's digital rights by sharing knowledge and research |
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Oxford Internet Institute Research
OII Research Projects |