UK children’s media literacy

UK children’s media literacy Research Document Publication date: April 2011 UK children’s media literacy Contents Section 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Page Executive summary 4 Introduction 8 Children’s take-up of media 10 Children’s use of media 30 Knowledge and understanding of media among 8-15s 47 Parents’ and children’s attitudes and concerns 59 Parental mediation strategies 82 UK children’s media literacy Table of figures Figure 1: Access to key platforms in the home, by age and socio-economic group: 2007, 2009 and 2010....................................................................................................................12 Figure 2: Access to key platforms in the home, by age and socio-economic group: 2007, 2009 and 2010....................................................................................................................13 Figure 3: Age at which child first acquired a mobile phone, by socio-economic group and gender: 2010.......................................................................................................................14 Figure 4: Smartphone and mobile phone ownership, by age, gender and socio-economic group: 2010.........................................................................................................................15 Figure 5: Media used by children at home, by age: 2007, 2009 and 2010...........................16 Figure 6: Devices ever used by children to access the internet at home: 2009 and 2010....17 Figure 7: Devices used ‘mostly’ by children to access the internet: 2010 ............................18 Figure 8: Where the internet is used by children: 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010....................19 Figure 9: Radio listening at home, by age: 2010 .................................................................20 Figure 10: Devices used for gaming, by age: 2009 and 2010..............................................21 Figure 11: Online gaming by age: 2009 and 2010...............................................................22 Figure 12: Who the child mostly plays games with: 2009 and 2010.....................................23 Figure 13: Media in children’s bedrooms: 2007, 2009 and 2010 .........................................24 Figure 14: Where the child mostly uses the internet, by age: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.25 Figure 15: Where the child mostly uses the internet, by gender, socio-economic group and smartphone ownership: 2010..............................................................................................26 Figure 16: Who is with the child when using the internet: 2010...........................................27 Figure 17: Regular media activities undertaken: 2007, 2009 and 2010...............................28 Figure 18: Media activity children would miss the most: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010..........29 Figure 19: Estimated weekly hours of media consumption at home among users, by age: 2010....................................................................................................................................31 Figure 20: Estimated weekly hours of television consumption by age and socio-economic group: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.....................................................................................32 Figure 21: Estimated weekly hours of radio consumption by age and socio-economic group: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010................................................................................................33 Figure 22: Estimated weekly hours of internet consumption by age and socio-economic group: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.....................................................................................34 Figure 23: Weekly hours of game playing consumption by age and socio-economic group: 2008, 2009 and 2010..........................................................................................................35 Figure 24: Weekly calls made and text messages sent by users: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 ...........................................................................................................................................36 Figure 25: Internet activities carried out at least once a week by users: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.............................................................................................................................37 Figure 26: Watching/ downloading activities carried out by users aged 8-15: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010....................................................................................................................38 Figure 27: Mobile phone activities carried out at least once a week by owners aged 8-11: 2008, 2009 and 2010..........................................................................................................39 Figure 28: Mobile phone activities carried out at least once a week by owners aged 12-15: 2008, 2009 and 2010..........................................................................................................40 Figure 29: Mobile phone activities carried out at least once a week by children aged 8-15 with a Smartphone and all children aged 8-15 with a mobile phone: 2010 ..........................41 Figure 30: Children’s experience of creative activities, by age: 2009 and 2010...................43 Figure 31: Children with an active social networking site profile, by age: 2009 and 2010....44 Figure 32: Social networking websites where children aged 8-15 currently have an active profile: 2009 and 2010 ........................................................................................................45 Figure 33: Types of use of social networking sites, by age: 2009 and 2010........................46 Figure 34: Children’s belief in television content, by genre: 2010........................................49 1 UK children’s media literacy Figure 35: Children’s belief in websites used for information and news purposes, by age: 2010....................................................................................................................................50 Figure 36: Children’s understanding of results listed by search engines: 2010....................51 Figure 37: 8-15s experience of visiting websites they haven’t visited before: 2010 .............52 Figure 38: Checks made by 12-15s when visiting websites they haven’t visited before: 2009 and 2010.............................................................................................................................53 Figure 39: Visibility of social networking site profiles, by age: 2009 and 2010.....................54 Figure 40: Personal information that children aged 12-15 are willing to share: 2010...........55 Figure 41: Attitudes towards online copyright infringement among 12-15s: 2009 and 2010 56 Figure 42: Children’s preferences for learning about using digital technology: 2007, 2009 and 2010....................................................................................................................................57 Figure 43: Lessons about television, by age: 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 ..........................57 Figure 44: Lessons about the internet, by age: 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 .......................58 Figure 45: Parental agreement – “I trust my child to use the internet safely”, by age: 2010.60 Figure 46: Parental agreement – “The benefits of the internet for my child outweigh any risks”, by age: 2010.............................................................................................................61 Figure 47: Parental agreement – “My child has been taught at school how to use the internet safely”, by age: 2009 and 2010...........................................................................................62 Figure 48: Parental agreement – “My child knows more about the internet than I do”, by age: 2010....................................................................................................................................63 Figure 49: Parental concerns about media content, by age: 2010.......................................64 Figure 50: Parental concerns about television and radio content, by age: 2010..................65 Figure 51: Parental concerns about online content and whom their child may be in contact with online, by age: 2009 and 2010.....................................................................................66 Figure 52: Parental concerns about their child giving out personal details online to inappropriate people and about cyber-bullying, by age: 2010..............................................67 Figure 53: Parental concerns about any illegal downloading, or downloading viruses, by age: 2010....................................................................................................................................68 Figure 54: Parental concerns about gaming content and who their child is in contact with online through the games player, by age: 2010...................................................................69 Figure 55: Parental concerns about mobile phone content and whom their child is in contact with via their mobile, by age: 2010......................................................................................70 Figure 56 : Parental concerns about their child being bullied via calls/ texts/ emails to the child’s mobile phone and their child giving out personal details to inappropriate people, by age: 2010............................................................................................................................71 Figure 57: Parental attitudes to mobile location services, by age: 2010 ..............................72 Figure 58: Parental attitudes to mobile location services, by age: 2010 ..............................73 Figure 59: Children’s dislikes about the internet, by age: 2010............................................74 Figure 60: Children’s dislikes about social networking sites, by age: 2010..........................75 Figure 61: Children’s dislikes about television, by age: 2010...............................................76 Figure 62: Children’s dislikes about radio, by age: 2010 .....................................................76 Figure 63: Children’s dislikes about mobile phones, by age: 2010......................................77 Figure 64: Children’s dislikes about online gaming, by age: 2010.......................................78 Figure 65: Reporting online content that is considered by the child to be worrying, nasty or offensive, by age: 2009 and 2010.......................................................................................79 Figure 66: Children’s opinions of the internet, by age: 2010................................................80 Figure 67: ‘Indirect’ experience of negative types of online/mobile phone activity: 2010......81 Figure 68: Parental rules about use of media, by age: 2010................................................83 Figure 69: Parental rules for television, by age: 2010.........................................................84 Figure 70: Parental rules for radio, by age: 2010.................................................................85 Figure 71: Parental rules for the internet, by age: 2010.......................................................86 Figure 72: Parental checking of social networking site activity, by age: 2009 and 2010......87 Figure 73: Parental rules for gaming, by age: 2010.............................................................88 Figure 74: Parental rules for mobile phones, by age: 2010 .................................................89 2 ... - tailieumienphi.vn