Deep Dives:Research
Children/Young People |
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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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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 |
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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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The Data Provenance Initiative
A collective of AI researchers from around the world |
Catalogue |
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Oxford Internet Institute Research
OII Research Projects |