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Self-Produced Images and Risk Taking Online (SPIRTO)

The SPIRTO (Self-Produced Images: Risk Taking Online) Project is a two-year qualitative investigation funded by European Commission, and led by the University of Edinburgh in partnership with CEOP. As part of this project, researchers in the UK and Sweden interviewed 51 people (aged 12-25) who had shared a nude or nearly nude image before the age of 18, in order to learn more about young people’s motivations for sharing images, what contexts they shared them in, and what happened as a result

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Towards a theoretical framework for understanding the development of media-related needs

Drawing on a combination general theories on basic human needs, this paper proposes a framework that maps findings from children’s and adolescents’ media use to four basic human needs: competence, autonomy, relatedness, and hedonic needs. This paper argues that a basic needs approach is useful for understanding how media-related needs emerge and are expressed through development.

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Why CSA education isn't suitable for assemblies

We all have a duty to safeguard children, so delivering important messaging in assemblies may seem like a good way to reach all the children in your setting. However, not all education is suitable or safe to deliver in this way, particularly education to protect children from online sexual abuse. Find out more...