Resources

Fighting the Causes and Consequences of Bad Information

Full Fact (2020)

This report sets out why bad information starts, how it spreads and what we can do about it.

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report (2019)

Ofcom (2019)

This report examines children’s media literacy. It provides detailed evidence on media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as about the media access and use of young children aged 3-4.

Fake News and Critical Literacy (2019)

The National Literacy Trust (2019)

Digital Childhood: Addressing Childhood Development Milestones in the Digital Environment

5 Rights (2017)

This paper considers how growing up in a digital envirmonment directly impacts on a child’s development.

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report (2017)

Ofcom (2017)

This report examines children’s media literacy, examining media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15. It also also includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents  monitor or limit use of different types of media.

Growing Up Digital

A report of the Children’s Commissioner’s Growing Up Digital Taskforce (2017)

The Children’s Commissioner for England asked young people, parents, and experts about how we can help children get the best from the web. This report details the findings.

Resilience for the Digital World

Young Minds/Ecorys (2017)

Leading mental health charity Young Minds’ research into children and young people’s social and emotional wellbeing online.

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report

Ofcom (2016)

This report examines children’s media literacy, examining media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15. It also also includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents  monitor or limit use of different types of media.