Better Internet for Kids

This report by Safe.si (2023) investigates the impact of online pornography on Slovenian teenagers, based on an anonymous online survey conducted from February to April 2023. Key findings show that 44% of primary school and 62% of high school students have viewed online pornography, with significantly higher rates among boys. Most first encountered it between 12-14 years old, though over a third were 9-11. Girls reported more negative initial feelings than boys. Viewing frequency increases with age and is higher for boys.

This study, conducted in 2023, investigates selected forms of risky behaviour among 1932 children and adolescents aged 9-18 across Slovakia, following up on previous longitudinal studies. Key findings show that young people spend an average of 4.4 hours daily on the internet during weekdays and 5.1 hours on weekends, primarily for social networking and communication. The study highlights a concerning increase in emotional problems, depressive moods, and loneliness, particularly among girls, showing a worsening trend compared to pre-pandemic levels.

The ""Småungar & medier 2023"",  published by Statens medieråd,  presents a statistical investigation into the media usage of children aged 0-8 years in Sweden, based on questionnaires completed by their guardians in autumn 2022.

This report published by Embætti landlæknis (Directorate of Health) explores the effects of pornography access and consumption by children and young people in Iceland. The impact on their health and well-being is assessed to provide recommendations to teachers, educators, parents, and children related to measures to protect youth from sexual and gender-based violence. The research demonstrates that access to pornographic material is facilitated in the digital environment, finding that large platforms with pornographic material have high levels of access.

This report presents findings from surveys regarding children and online media (Börn og netmiðlar), conducted by the Icelandic Media Commission (Fjölmiðlanefnd) in collaboration with the University of Iceland's School of Education. The research utilised large-scale, electronic questionnaires targeting students aged 9 to 18 across Iceland. Implementations occurred in 2021, featuring 5,911 participants, and in 2023, featuring 6,489 participants. The questionnaire was initially based on a study by the Norwegian Media Authority, Medietilsynet, and updated and localised.

Cyprus participated in the 2021/2022 HBSC study, a WHO collaborative cross-national survey examining health behaviours, social context, and risk behaviours among 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds. The Cyprus report highlights adolescent online activity and cyberbullying: 14.4% of children reported being victims of cyberbullying at least once or twice in recent months, and 9.5% admitted to bullying others online. The findings also cover mental health, substance use, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, with results informing national education and health policy.

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The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (HBSC) is a forty-year-old international study of the lifestyles and well-being of young people, conducted every four years in most European countries and North America.

The HBSC network currently includes 51 countries/regions. The survey has been conducted in Estonia since 1993. Information on the history of the survey and international results can be found on the website https://www.hbsc.org . Estonian survey results and published publications can be found on the website of the National Institute of Health and Research.

The publication presents the results of the ""Information Society Indicators"" survey, which includes: a report on the use of ICT in enterprises, a report on the use of ICT in financial sector enterprises, the use of ICT in public administration units, the use of ICT in households (including an individual questionnaire) and basic characteristics of the ICT sector.

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This report presents a summary of the initial findings from the International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2023), coordinated in Slovenia by the Pedagogical Institute. ICILs assesses the computer and information literacy (CIL) and computational thinking (CT) skills of eighth-grade students, and gathers  contextual data from schools, teachers, and students.

The JIM (Youth, Information, Media) study series is organised by the Media Education Research Association Southwest (mpfs), a cooperation of the State Institute for Communications in Baden-Württemberg (LFK) and the Media Authority Rhineland-Palatinate,  annually since 1998 in cooperation with Südwestrundfunk (SWR). The report investigates the repertoire of media available to young people, including their access to and use of computers/laptops, televisions, smartphones, game consoles and streaming services.