Dear colleague
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
EU Kids Online: European research on cultural, contextual and risk
issues regarding children and the internet
An international one-day conference to address the latest policy issues
and research findings about children and the internet.
The anticipated audience includes researchers, policy makers, industry,
child welfare, educators, NGOs and government.
When and where:
To be held on Thursday June 11th 2009, London School of Economics,
London
Conference theme:
Are all children benefiting equally from the internet and if not, why
not? How strong is the evidence for the risks to children of going
online? Are these risks changing, and why do they differ from one
country to another? How can parents and policy makers achieve a better
balance between online opportunities and risks? What do children
themselves think of the internet? What new literacies are they
developing?
The conference will report the final results and recommendations from
three year's work by EU Kids Online, a network of over 60 researchers in
21 countries, funded by the EC's Safer Internet plus Programme. See
www.eukidsonline.net
Keynote speakers will be announced shortly.
Call for papers:
The conference will showcase the latest current research being conducted
in Europe and worldwide. Researchers are invited to submit empirical
papers about children's experience of the internet on any of these
topics:
* Social networks, online identities and e-participation
* Learning, creativity and media literacy
* Mobility, computer games and other emerging platforms
* Parental and peer mediation
* Risks, victims and perpetrators
* Regulation, empowerment and protection
Registration and submission details:
Registration and submission will begin in early January. See
http://www.eukidsonline.net for further details. There is no conference
fee.
We look forward to welcoming you to LSE to celebrate the end of our
project and to debate the future agenda for research and for
evidence-based policy.
Prof. Sonia Livingstone, Dr Leslie Haddon and the EU Kids Online network
Please distribute this message widely and apologies for cross-posting
Sonia Livingstone
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
S105, Department of Media and Communications
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK
Project Director, EUKidsOnline, see www.eukidsonline.net
<http://www.eukidsonline.net/>
New: The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture (Sage
2008)
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