…andard for Age Appropriate Digital Service Framework, published in November 2021. This represents an important milestone as it introduces a series of processes that companies can follow to put young people’s needs at the heart of the design of digital products and services. Supporting global efforts of regulators and organizations seeking to ensure that young people are catered for in the digital world, this practical tool will help deliver age-ap…

…important to understand what is happening online to know that what happens online doesn’t always stay online, and it can have a real impact, especially talking about specifically violence prevention, which is my area. It can have an impact on people’s individual, emotional, psychological, and even physical health well-being. So we are looking into that, we are interested in understanding what is happening online, right? For example, cyberbullying,…

…d a session called Tweens and Teens: Public Media’s Missing Audience at the 2021 National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Conference and CPB Public Media Thought Leader Forum. The goal of the session was to share findings from our latest research on tweens and teens and their media habits, as well as ideas and opportunities for public media to serve this “missing middle” audience. But we also took the opportunity to highlight som…

…e world. How do we address them because their children will continue to go online. They will increasingly look for help online. So we need to, you know, understand that. So we are up to speed, so we can provide the support that they’re asking for, and then we’re incorporating the lessons from the industry, doing some late reviews. So, throwing all of these different data inputs into a mixer and then looking at the evidence. So this is what the wor…

It’s that time of year again – time to vote for your favorite SXSW EDU 2021 panels. We’re disappointed not to be able to share tacos with you in Austin, but we’re very excited to talk about why tweens and teens are public media’s “missing middle” audience, the challenges of reaching these kids, and potential opportunities for public media. And, as if that weren’t enough for you, we’re having this conversation with public media luminaries Deb Sanc…

…our latest research and how public media can serve this “missing middle” audience. The session will be broadcast on the SXSW EDU platform on March 10, 2021 at 10:30am CT. For more information and to register, visit sxswedu.com…

…y learning as aided by technology during the pandemic, as well as how we as researchers can study such learning remotely. The symposium will take place on 2pm ET on July 12, 2021. Studying Youth and Family Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Learn more about the Connected Learning Summit  …

…ewing learners in person. In our symposium at the Connected Learning Summit 2021, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center brings together researchers from three institutions who received National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research grants to study learning as it unfolded during the pandemic by using remote research methods: Stanford University, the University of Washington, and the University of Michigan. Through short presentations and Q&A, we aim to…

…ial skills and contributing to our shared culture through participation in online sites. And indeed, kids are participating in growing numbers on online social sites, both at school and at home. Meanwhile, commercial companies and educational non-profits alike are eager to provide new spaces for such participation, even though that means navigating some tricky regulatory requirements, not to mention shifting public opinion. For while many parents,…

…ting. Especially as we think about questions of how people get radicalized online or how people fall down the rabbit hole online, this conversation really sheds some light on what that experience is like and what the ecosystem of online social injustice looks like. ….. Daniel Kelley: I’m Daniel Kelley. I work at the Anti-Defamation League, which is a 100-plus-year-old civil rights organization with the mission to stop the defamation of Jewish peop…