What Kids Actually Do Online — By Age Band — Quiz

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According to Ofcom's 2024 Children's Media Use and Attitudes report, approximately what proportion of 8–11 year olds in the UK own their own smartphone?

2.

Orben and Przybylski (2019) reanalysed data on social media and adolescent wellbeing. What did they find?

3.

The EU Kids Online (2020) network found which of the following regarding 11–13 year olds' exposure to potentially harmful content?

4.

What does the term 'moral panic', as applied to children and digital media by Sonia Livingstone, describe?

5.

Why do researchers argue that 'screen time' is not a useful single variable for understanding children's digital media use? Reference at least one study.

6.

Describe what Valkenburg, Meier, and Beyens (2024) found about variation in social media effects on adolescent mental health, and explain why this matters for interpreting average effect size statistics.

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Ofcom data shows that 97% of 13–17 year olds use social media. Livingstone's research describes social media as 'social infrastructure' for this age group. What does this term mean and what are its implications for how parents understand their teenager's platform use?

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Which of the following best characterises what parents of 8–11 year olds most commonly get wrong about their children's online activity, according to Ofcom (2024)?