Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018
Based on the results of the EU Kids Online survey (2018) already completed in Portugal and Italy, this article analyses two issues related to the growing dissemination of hate messages and fake news: firstly, how Italian and Portuguese children and young people aged 9-17 are coping with negative o...
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Based on the results of the EU Kids Online survey (2018) already completed in Portugal and Italy, this article analyses two issues related to the growing dissemination of hate messages and fake news: firstly, how Italian and Portuguese children and young people aged 9-17 are coping with negative online content and conduct. Secondly, how they report their informational skills and their relationship with the news content. In comparison to previous surveys conducted in both countries (EU Kids Online 2010, Net Children Go Mobile, 2014), the results reveal an increase in negative online experiences – such as exposure to hate messages, to violent and gory images, or being the victim or perpetrator of cyberbullying. Although the levels of troubling experiences are much higher in Portugal, Italian and Portuguese children present relatively similar patterns of coping. In both countries, informational skills relating to surfing or searching for accurate information are reported much less frequently than technological or social digital skills. Gender is significant in these two issues as well as age. These results underline the need for empowering children with human values and critical literacy, as part of a culture of digital rights and responsibilities.
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| spelling | doaj-art-18717b85cf1640bb959a8d7eb74516fe2025-08-20T03:50:40ZengUniversidad de AlicanteRevista Mediterránea de Comunicación1989-872X2019-07-01102Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018Cristina Ponte0NOVA FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa Based on the results of the EU Kids Online survey (2018) already completed in Portugal and Italy, this article analyses two issues related to the growing dissemination of hate messages and fake news: firstly, how Italian and Portuguese children and young people aged 9-17 are coping with negative online content and conduct. Secondly, how they report their informational skills and their relationship with the news content. In comparison to previous surveys conducted in both countries (EU Kids Online 2010, Net Children Go Mobile, 2014), the results reveal an increase in negative online experiences – such as exposure to hate messages, to violent and gory images, or being the victim or perpetrator of cyberbullying. Although the levels of troubling experiences are much higher in Portugal, Italian and Portuguese children present relatively similar patterns of coping. In both countries, informational skills relating to surfing or searching for accurate information are reported much less frequently than technological or social digital skills. Gender is significant in these two issues as well as age. These results underline the need for empowering children with human values and critical literacy, as part of a culture of digital rights and responsibilities. https://www.mediterranea-comunicacion.org/article/view/13346Children and the InternetCyberbullyingEU Kids OnlineInformational skillsNegative user-generated contentSocial networks |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Ponte Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018 Revista Mediterránea de Comunicación Children and the Internet Cyberbullying EU Kids Online Informational skills Negative user-generated content Social networks |
| title | Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018 |
| title_full | Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018 |
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| title_short | Challenging online situations reported by Italian and Portuguese children in 2018 |
| title_sort | challenging online situations reported by italian and portuguese children in 2018 |
| topic | Children and the Internet Cyberbullying EU Kids Online Informational skills Negative user-generated content Social networks |
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