Books by Monica Barbovschi
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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Aug 22, 2022
The impact of technological transformations on the Digital Generation 870548 This project has rec... more The impact of technological transformations on the Digital Generation 870548 This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No. 870548. Neither the European Union nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for how the following information is used. The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. DigiGen-working paper series No.10-Beyond participation: Video workshops across Europe to engage in research with children and young people and teacher candidates as collaborators investigating ICT in education DigiGen working package 5
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Oct 6, 2022
DigiGen-working paper series © canva stock image The impact of technological transformations on t... more DigiGen-working paper series © canva stock image The impact of technological transformations on the Digital Generation 870548 This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No. 870548. Neither the European Union nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for how the following information is used. The views expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. DigiGen-Working paper series No.11 Children and young people's narratives and perceptions of ICT in education in selected European countries complemented by perspectives of teachers and further relevant stakeholders in the educational context DigiGen working package 5
Technology in Society, 2022
Socially isolated and digitally excluded. A qualitative exploratory study of the lives of Roma te... more Socially isolated and digitally excluded. A qualitative exploratory study of the lives of Roma teenage mothers during the COVID-19 lockdown-Manuscript Draft
There are many concerns surrounding young people’s sexual communication online (or sexting), most... more There are many concerns surrounding young people’s sexual communication online (or sexting), most of them coming from a protectionist position. Some concerns relate to the appropriateness of sexual communication for minors, others stemming from worries about privacy risks. But what is the actual extent of the risks and does sexting lead to harm for children and young people? For www.parenting.digital, Monica Barbovschi discusses the Norwegian findings from the EU Kids Online project (2017-19) offering insights into the way children’s practices of sexting have changed over the past decade and how individual and social factors can act as protective or risk factors for children’s exposure to unwanted sexual communication. Why are children with better digital skills at a higher risk of experiencing unwanted sexual communication? Can a positive family and school environment protect children
Social Networking Sites (SNS) play an important role in the daily lives of adolescents by helping... more Social Networking Sites (SNS) play an important role in the daily lives of adolescents by helping them to develop two core developmental characteristics -- identity and intimacy. SNS can also contribute to developing adolescents’ identities by eliciting peer feedback (Valkenburg & Peter, 2011). However, children’s unpleasant experiences with the misuse of their online personal information are among the rapidly increasing online risks, as reported by children ages 9-16 in the Net Children Go Mobile (2012-14) and EU Kids Online III (2012- 14) projects. These troublesome situations -- e.g., dealing with impersonation through hacked accounts (with the impersonator sending rude messages to damage reputation) or dealing with slanderous pages created by peers -- pose challenges to young people’s need for creating and maintaining their online identity in the context of their peer relationships. The types of problematic situations related to privacy issues and Personal Data Misuse (PDM) were...
Communications, 2014
Abstract Children’s unpleasant experiences with misuse of their personal information online is am... more Abstract Children’s unpleasant experiences with misuse of their personal information online is among the rapidly increasing online ‘risks’. Among these, four were chosen for this study: dealing with their own hacked accounts, dealing with others’ fake accounts, dealing with fake accounts impersonating them and sending rude messages on their behalf with the intent of damaging their reputation, and dealing with receiving rude messages from hacked accounts of friends were reported as most bothersome in EU Kids Online III. These four subtypes of problematic situations related to privacy were strategically chosen to illustrate children’s coping responses to situations that are related but increasingly complex, distinctions related to whether situations involved peers or strangers, whether children were direct victims of hacked accounts, or recipients of unwelcomed or rude messages sent from fake profiles and/or hacked accounts. Furthermore, the four situations were chosen to develop a more inclusive coping typology for EU Kids Online data, which can span across different types of risks. This article relies heavily on theoretical work put forward by research on coping with general and specific stressors but integrates approaches to children’s dealing with online issues relevant for online safety measures.
Journal of Children and Media, 2013
Building on EU Kids Online data, this article deals with the psycho-social context of children... more Building on EU Kids Online data, this article deals with the psycho-social context of children's meetings with “complete strangers” as opposed to meetings with “friends of friends”, that is, people who are already connected to their social network. The original contribution of this article lies in the distinction operated between the types of people met this way for several measures of internet use and the children's psychological characteristics. The study hypothesizes children who met any type of online contacts (“friends of friends”, “complete strangers” or “both”) to be heavier internet users than children who met no one. Moreover, children who met “complete strangers” or “both” were expected to report higher levels of risk-taking behaviour online and offline than children who met “friends of friends” or no one. The same relations were hypothesized for the psychological characteristics. Finally, harm was expected to occur more in the case of meetings with “complete strangers” or “both” than in the case of meetings with “friends of friends”.
LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Cop... more LSE has developed LSE Research Online so that users may access research output of the School. Copyright © and Moral Rights for the papers on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. Users may download and/or print one copy of any ...
EU Kids Online and the Department of Mediaand Communication, University of Oslo, 2021
The EU Kids Online network is a multinational research network. It seeks to enhance knowledge of ... more The EU Kids Online network is a multinational research network. It seeks to enhance knowledge of European children's online opportunities, risks, and safety. It uses multiple methods to map children's and parents' experiences of the internet, in dialogue with national and European policy stakeholders. Now working in more than 30 countries, the network integrates research expertise across multiple disciplines and methods. The EU Kids Online project maps European children's internet access, online practices, skills, risks, and opportunities. Teams within the EU Kids Online network collaborated between autumn 2017 and summer 2019 to conduct a major survey of 25,101 children in 19 European countries. For all reports, findings, and the technical report of this survey, as well as full details of national partners, please visit www.eukidsonline.net. METHODOLOGY The questionnaire • The master questionnaire was developed in English. Its national translations are available at www.eukidsonline.net. The translation was coordinated and supervised by expert members of EU Kids Online in each country. • In this report, we utilize data about sexual communication (i.e., sexting) which was asked by all countries in the study (except for Russia). Children and young people, 12-16 years old, responded to questions on this topic. Furthermore, only 7 countries
Institutt for medier og kommunikasjon, 2020
This report presents the findings about Norwegian adolescents' experiences with sexual content, i... more This report presents the findings about Norwegian adolescents' experiences with sexual content, including how many saw sexual content, what they consider to be sexual content, where they saw it, how they felt about it and whether their experience was intentional or not. The results are based on data collected in 2018 in the EU Kids Online project, with a representative sample of 1001 children aged 9 to 17. The findings show how the overall percentage of young people who reported seeing sexual content has decreased (40% compared to 46% in 2010), the highest decrease being noticed for the younger children (8% in 2018 compared to 20% in 2010 for 9-10 year olds, and 12% for 11-12 year olds, compared to 26% in 2010). Young people's perceptions of what 'counts as' sexual content vary-some include sexual content that shows people having sex (i.e. pornography), but also images and drawings of naked people (i.e. erotic art). Norwegian children report seeing sexual content via devices connected to the internet, but also on TV, accidental pop-ups, online sharing platforms, or pornographic websites. Når det gjelder praktiske implikasjoner, er det å skape rom hvor samtaler om seksuelt innhold og unges seksualitet viktig for at de skal kunne utvikle positive holdninger rundt seksualitet, samt å vaere motstandsdyktige i møtet med uønskede erfaringer. Det er også viktig å fokusere på det vi kaller polyviktimisering, hvor det samme barnet erfarer flere typer plagsomme, risikofylte eller skadelige hendelser. Dette for å beskytte de mest sårbare barna.
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, 2017
In this article we explore young Brazilians’ reinforcement of gender-stereotypical and gender non... more In this article we explore young Brazilians’ reinforcement of gender-stereotypical and gender non-conforming expressions on social media, to see how Brazilian teenagers reproduce or contest the hyper-sexualized, heteronormative discourses around femininity and masculinity. Three models inspired the theoretical frameworks, namely the Butlerian discoursive subjectivity and performativity, Karen Barad’s model of posthuman materialism and the concept of intra-action of non-human agents, and Sonia Livingstone’s concept of social media literacy. The sample consists of 12 focus groups (60 respondents, 11 to 17 years old) conducted in metropolitan area of São Paulo in September 2016. Overall, our study showed a reinforcement of the heterosexual matrix, with some notable exceptions of contestation from both boys and girls. Our article offers a contribution to the research on young people and social media in South America through taking into account both local contexts and dominant discourses around gender and sexuality
technology for individuals and civil society, with a focus on the replacement / co-existence of t... more technology for individuals and civil society, with a focus on the replacement / co-existence of traditional mass media with new information technologies and their social and political consequences in Central and Eastern Europe. Other research interests are related to youth & technology, sexuality and the
This working paper presents results of the exploratory Pilot Study COVID-19 Add-On, where intervi... more This working paper presents results of the exploratory Pilot Study COVID-19 Add-On, where interviews with children and young people were conducted between November 2020 andFebruary 2021 in Estonia, Germany, Greece, Norway and Romania, investigating and comparing how children and young people in different countries experience and reflect the use of ICT in education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Although the divides in Internet access seem to have diminished, there are still significant diff... more Although the divides in Internet access seem to have diminished, there are still significant differences in terms of the digital skills the young users possess (Hargittai, 2002). Drawing upon the data collected in the EU Kids Online II project, the present chapter investigates the differences in digital competencies and self-confidence of teenagers in four countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Poland. Building on a conflict perspective which emphasizes how Internet use, understood like a package of particular knowledge and skills, plays an important role in maintaining inequalities (Witte & Mannon, 2009), our study showed that parental background accounts for differences in their own use of internet but also in the digital skills of their children. Moreover, the results showed that adult patterns of internet use reproduce rather than challenge class advantages or disadvantages that parents pass on their children. Finally, children-specific different...
A literature review and an overview of existing data DigiGen-working paper series-literature revi... more A literature review and an overview of existing data DigiGen-working paper series-literature review Revision history iii
Drawing on the EU Kids Online data, this article aims to emphasize how the differences in Interne... more Drawing on the EU Kids Online data, this article aims to emphasize how the differences in Internet use of adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria) persist in spite of their incorporation of the internet in their everyday life. The findings show that once children use the internet on a daily basis, demographic variables do not account for difference in use, but other factors fuel ‘silent inequalities’, which in turn reinforce already existing inequalities, digital and social. Adolescents who are online for more years, use the internet for a larger amount of time, have internet access from their bedroom, or are more skilled are more likely to engage in creative activities and therefore to undertake a wider range of online opportunities. Parental education (which also predicts parental digital literacy) influences the likelihood of children engaging in creative internet activities both in direct and indirect ways.
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Books by Monica Barbovschi
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This research focused on the following: what children perceive as being potentially negative or problematic while using the internet, what risks children are aware of when using the internet, what consequences online negative experiences might have, how children react to negative experiences, what children do to avoid or prevent these problematic experiences, and why children perceive certain situations as negative.
- Interviews and focus groups were used to collect children’s data. The main fieldwork, using the revised research procedures guide and the topic guide, was carried out from February to September 2013 in all nine countries, with children aged 9–16 (N = 378). Schools or youth centers were used to recruit children for 56 focus groups and 114 interviews.
- The term “children” refers to children aged 9–16. Internet usage refers to a variety of activities across various platforms, which can be accessed anywhere, alone, or with others.