Livingstone, Sonia


Professor Sonia Livingstone  

Department

Position held

Department of Media and Communications

Head of Department

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Ofcom’s Media Literacy Research Forum Board of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer

Member

DCSF’s Ministerial Taskforce for Home Access to Technology for Children

Member

International Communication Association

Executive Committee Member

UK Council for Child Internet Safety

Executive Board Member

Experience keywords:

online risks and safety; children and new media; public engagement with communication regulation; media literacy; mediated participation; internet use; media audiences

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As author or editor of fourteen books and many academic articles and chapters, my research interests centre on children, young people and the internet; social and family contexts and uses of ICT; media and digital literacies; the mediated public sphere; audience reception for diverse television genres; internet use and policy; public understanding of communications regulation; and research methods in media and communications.

Recent books include 'Young People and New Media' (Sage, 2002), 'Audiences and Publics' (edited, Intellect, 2005), 'The Handbook of New Media' (edited, with Leah Lievrouw, Sage, 2006), 'Harm and Offence in Media Content' (with Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Intellect, 2006), 'Public Connection? Media Consumption and the Presumption of Attention' (with Nick Couldry and Tim Markham, Palgrave, 2007), 'The International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture' (edited, with Kirsten Drotner, Sage, 2008), New Media. Sage Benchmarks in Communication (Vols. 1-4, edited with Leah Lievrouw; Sage, 2009), Children and the Internet (Polity, 2009) and Kids Online (edited with Leslie Haddon, The Policy Press, 2009).

Having completed the research project, UK Children Go Online, I am now examining the public understanding of risk and regulation and directing a thematic network, EU Kids Online (see www.eukidsonline.net), for the EC's Safer Internet Plus programme.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Media Technology and New MediaPolicy and Regulatory Bodies

Countries and regions to which research relates:

UK; Europe

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7710

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2012

Livingstone, Sonia and Das, Ranjana (2012) The end of audiences?: theoretical echoes of reception amidst the uncertainties of use. In: Hartley, John and Burgess, Jean and Bruns, Axel, (eds.) A companion to new media dynamics. Wiley-Blackwell.

Livingstone, Sonia (2012) Critical reflections on the benefits of ICT in education. Oxford review of education, 38 (1). pp. 9-24. ISSN 0305-4985

Duerager, Andrea and Livingstone, Sonia (2012) How can parents support children’s internet safety? EU Kids Online, London, UK

2011

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter (2011) Media regulation: governance and the interests of citizens and consumers. SAGE Publications Ltd , London, England. ISBN 9780857025708

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Görzig, A. and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) Risks and safety for children on the internet: the UK report - summary of key findings. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

O'Neill, Brian and Livingstone, Sonia and Mclaughlin, Sharon (2011) Final recommendations for policy, methodology and research. EU Kids Online network, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Görzig, Anke and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) EU kids online: final report. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

Hasebrink, Uwe and Görzig, Anke and Haddon, Leslie and Kalmus, Veronika and Livingstone, Sonia (2011) Patterns of risk and safety online: in-depth analyses from the EU Kids Online survey of 9- to 16-year-olds and their parents in 25 European countries. EU Kids Online network, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Wang, Yinhan (2011) Media literacy and the Communications Act: what has been achieved and what should be done? Media policy brief, 2. Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Görzig, Anke and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) Disadvantaged children and online risk. EU Kids Online network, London, UK

Lobe, Bojana and Livingstone, Sonia and Ólafsson, Kjartan and Vodeb, Hana (2011) Cross-national comparison of risks and safety on the internet: initial analysis from the EU Kids Online survey of European children. EU Kids Online network, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) Risky communication online. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

Sonck, N. and Livingstone, Sonia and Kuiper, E. and de Haan, J. (2011) Digital literacy and safety skills. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Görzig, A. and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) Risks and safety for children on the internet: the UK report - full findings. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Görzig, A. and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2011) Risks and safety on the internet: the perspective of European children: full findings. London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Ólafsson, Kjartan and Staksrud, Elisabeth (2011) Social networking, age and privacy. EU Kids Online, London, UK

2010

Livingstone, Sonia and Das, Ranjana (2010) POLIS media and family report. POLIS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Das, Ranjana (2010) Existential field 8: Media, communication and information technologies in the European family. Family Platform Project

Livingstone, Sonia (2010) Interactivity and participation on the Internet: young people's response to the civic sphere. In: Dahlgren, Peter, (ed.) Young citizens and new media: learning for democratic participation. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 103-124. ISBN 9780415882545

Livingstone, Sonia and Brake, David R. (2010) On the rapid rise of social networking sites: new findings and policy implications. Children & society, 24 (1). pp. 75-83. ISSN 0951-0605

Livingstone, Sonia (2010) e-Youth: (future) policy implications: reflections on online risk, harm and vulnerability. In:e-Youth: balancing between opportunities and risks (27-28 May 2010 : UCSIA & MIOS University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium).

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen (2010) Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers' use of the internet: the role of online skills and internet self-efficacy. New media & society, 12 (2). pp. 309-329. ISSN 1461-4448

Livingstone, Sonia (2010) Youthful participation: what have we learned, what shall we ask next? In:First Annual Digital Media and Learning Conference: Diversifying Participation (18-20 February 2010 : University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA).

2009

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2009) Conclusion: kids online: opportunities and risks for children. In: Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie, (eds.) Kids online: opportunities and risks for children. The Policy Press, Bristol, UK, pp. 241-252. ISBN 9781847424396

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2009) Introduction: kids online: opportunities and risks for children. In: Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie, (eds.) Kids online: opportunities and risks for children. The Policy Press, Bristol, UK, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781847424396

Livingstone, Sonia and Das, Ranjana (2009) The end of audiences?: theoretical echoes of reception amidst the uncertainties of use. In:Transforming audiences 2 (3-4 September 2009 : University of Westminster).

Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Half a century of television in the lives of our children. The ANNALS of the American academy of political and social science, 625 pp. 151-163. ISSN 0002-7162

Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Children and the internet: great expectations, challenging realities. Polity Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780745631943

de Haan, Jos and Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Policy and research recommendations. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Hasebrink, Uwe and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2009) Comparing children’s online opportunities and risks across Europe: cross-national comparisons for EU Kids Online, 2nd edition. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2009) EU Kids Online: final report. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Staksrud, Elisabeth and Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Children and online risk: powerless victims or resourceful participants? Information, communication and society, 12 (3). pp. 364-387. ISSN 1369-118X

Livingstone, Sonia (2009) On the mediation of everything: ICA presidential address 2008. Journal of communication, 59 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1460-2466

Livingstone, Sonia and Das, Ranjana (2009) Public attitudes, tastes and standards: a review of the available empirical research. BBC, London, UK

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia (2009) The regulator, the public and the media: imagining a role for the public in communication regulation. Intermedia, 37 (1). pp. 26-29. ISSN 0309-118X

Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) (2009) New media. SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781412947107

Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Introduction: new media. In: Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) New media. SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781412947107

Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Junge Menschen und Neue medien: Prozesse der Verbreitung, Aneignung und Nutzung [Young people and the new media: processes of diffusion, appropriation and use]. In: Schorr, Angela, (ed.) Jugendmedienforschung: Forschungsprogramme, Synopse, Perspektiven. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany, pp. 301-333. ISBN 9783531141701

Staksrud, Elisabeth and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie and Ólafsson, Kjartan (2009) What do we know about children’s use of online technologies? a report on data availability and research gaps in Europe, 2nd edition. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Witschge, Tamara and Das, Ranjana and Hill, Annette and Kavada, Anastasia and Hallett, Lawrie and Starkey, Guy and Lunt, Peter (2009) Existing and emerging audience research in the UK: a review for the Transforming audiences, transforming societies COST action, August 2010. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2009) EU kids online. Zeitschrift fur psychologie - Journal of psychology, 217 (4). pp. 236-239. ISSN 0044-3409

Livingstone, Sonia (2009) Digital identities: tracing the implications for learners and learning. In:ESRC seminar series: The educational and social impact of new technologies on young people in Britain (2 March 2009 : London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK).

Livingstone, Sonia and Buckingham, David and Davies, Chris and Das, Ranjana and Beckett, Charlie (2009) "Digital natives": a myth? POLIS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2008

Livingstone, Sonia and Van Couvering, Elizabeth and Thumim, Nancy (2008) Converging traditions of research on media and information literacies: disciplinary, critical, and methodological issues. In: Coiro, Julie and Knobel, Michele and Lankshear, Colin and Leu, Donald J., (eds.) Handbook of research on new literacies. Routledge, New York, USA. ISBN 9780805856521

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen (2008) Parental mediation and children’s Internet use. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 52 (4). pp. 581-599. ISSN 0883-8151

Livingstone, Sonia and Thumim, Nancy (2008) What is Fred telling us?: a commentary on youtube.com/fred. Teachers college record, (8 Sept). ISSN 0161-4681

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) What is the citizen’s interest in communication regulation?: Ofcom’s agenda for ‘Citizens, communications and convergence’. In:Media@lse Fifth Anniversary Conference: Media, Communication and Humanity (21st - 23rd September 2008 : LSE, London).

Livingstone, Sonia and Hasebrink, Uwe and Garitaonandia, Carmelo and Garmendia, Maialen (2008) Comparing online risks faced by European children: reflections on youthful Internet use in Britain, Germany and Spain. Quaderns del CAC, 31-32 pp. 95-105. ISSN 1138-9761

Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2008) Risky experiences for children online: charting European research on children and the Internet. Children & society, 22 (4). pp. 314-323. ISSN 0951-0605

Hasebrink, Uwe and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2008) Comparing children’s online opportunities and risks across Europe: cross-national comparisons for EU Kids Online. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Lobe, Bojana and Livingstone, Sonia and Olafsson, Kjartan and Alberto Simões, José (2008) Best practice research guide: how to research children and online technologies in comparative perspective. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Markham, Tim (2008) The contribution of media consumption to civic participation. British journal of sociology, 59 (2). pp. 351-371. ISSN 0007-1315

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Engaging with media – a matter of literacy? Communication, culture & critique, 1 (1). pp. 51-62. ISSN 1753-9129

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia and Malik, Sarita (2008) Public understanding of regimes of risk regulation: a report on focus group discussions with citizens and consumers. Public Understanding of Regimes of Risk and Regulation Project, London, UK

Bradbrook, Gail and Alvi, Imran and Fisher, John and Lloyd, Heidi and Moore, R. and Thompson, V. and Brake, D. and Helsper, Ellen and Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Meeting their potential: the role of education and technology in overcoming disadvantage and disaffection in young people. BECTA, Coventry, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Digital literacies: tracing the implications for learners and learning. In:ESRC seminar series: The educational and social impact of new technologies on young people in Britain (21 October 2008 : Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK).

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Young people, technology and learning. In:ESRC seminar series: The educational and social impact of new technologies on young people in Britain (7 July 2008 : Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK).

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Theorising the benefits of new technology for youth: controversies of learning and development. In:ESRC seminar series: The educational and social impact of new technologies on young people in Britain (12 March 2008 : Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK).

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) On the future of children’s television – a matter of crisis? In: Gardam, Tim and Levy, David A. L., (eds.) The price of plurality: choice, diversity and broadcasting institutions in the digital age. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, pp. 175-182. ISBN 9780955888908

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Public understanding of regimes of risk regulation: final report. Public Understanding of Regimes of Risk and Regulation Project, London, UK

Drotner, Kirsten and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) (2008) The international handbook of children, media and culture. SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781412928328

Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Internet literacy: young people's negotiation of new online opportunities. In: McPherson, Tara, (ed.) Digital youth, innovation, and the unexpected. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., pp. 101-121. ISBN 9780262134958

Drotner, Kirsten and Livingstone, Sonia (2008) Volume introduction (and introductions to parts I-IV). In: Drotner, Kirsten and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) The international handbook of children, media and culture. SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781412928328

2007

Couldry, Nick and Livingstone, Sonia and Markham, Tim (2007) 'Public connection' and the uncertain norms of media consumption. In: Soper, Kate and Trentmann, Frank, (eds.) Citizenship and consumption. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 104-120. ISBN 9780230553460

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Internationalizing media and communication studies: reflections on the International Communication Association. Global media and communication, 3 (3). pp. 273-288. ISSN 1742-7665

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen (2007) Taking risks when communicating on the internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks. Information, communication and society, 10 (5). pp. 619-643. ISSN 1369-118X

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Engaging with media – a matter of literacy? In:Transforming audiences: identity/creativity/everyday life (6-7 September 2007 : University of Westminster, London, UK).

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen (2007) Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divide. New media & society, 9 (4). pp. 671-696. ISSN 1461-4448

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Regulating markets in the interest of consumers?: on the changing regime of governance in the financial service and communications sectors. In: Bevir, Mark and Trentmann, Frank, (eds.) Governance, consumers and citizens: agency and resistance in contemporary politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 139-161. ISBN 0230517285

Livingstone, Sonia and Couldry, Nick and Markham, Tim (2007) Youthful steps towards civic participation: does the Internet help? In: Loader, Brian D., (ed.) Young citizens in the digital age: political engagement, young people and new media. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 21-34. ISBN 9780415409131

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter and Miller, Laura (2007) Citizens and consumers: discursive debates during and after the Communications Act 2003. Media, culture & society, 29 (4). pp. 613-638. ISSN 0163-4437

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) From family television to bedroom culture: young people's media at home. In: Devereux, Eoin, (ed.) Media studies: key issues and debates. SAGE Publications, London, UK, pp. 302-321. ISBN 9781412929820

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) The challenge of engaging youth online: contrasting producers' and teenagers' interpretations of websites. European journal of communication, 22 (2). pp. 165-184. ISSN 0267-3231

Staksrud, Elisabeth and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2007) What do we know about children’s use of online technologies?: a report on data availability and research gaps in Europe [short version]. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Staksrud, Elisabeth and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2007) What do we know about children’s use of online technologies? a report on data availability and research gaps in Europe [long version]. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Hasebrink, U. and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, L. and Kirwil, L. and Ponte, C. (2007) Comparing children’s online activities and risks across Europe: a preliminary report comparing findings for Poland, Portugal and UK. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Lobe, Bojana and Livingstone, Sonia and Haddon, Leslie (2007) Researching children’s experiences online across countries: issues and problems in methodology. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Mapping the possibilities for beneficial online resources for children: issues of trust, risk and media literacy. European Union, Leipzig, Germany

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Youthful experts?: a critical appraisal of children's emerging internet literacy. In: Mansell, Robin and Avgerou, Chrisanthi and Quah, Danny and Silverstone, Roger, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of information and communication technologies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 494-513. ISBN 9780199266234

Couldry, Nick and Livingstone, Sonia and Markham, Tim (2007) Connection or disconnection?: tracking the mediated public sphere in everyday life. In: Butsch, Richard, (ed.) Media and public spheres. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK; New York, USA, pp. 28-42. ISBN 9780230007215

Couldry, Nick and Livingstone, Sonia and Markham, Tim (2007) Media consumption and public engagement: beyond the presumption of attention. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403985347

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Regulation in the public interest. Consumer policy review, 17 (2). pp. 2-7. ISSN 0961-1134

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter (2007) Representing citizens and consumers in media and communications regulation. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 611 (1). pp. 51-65. ISSN 1552-3349

Livingstone, Sonia and Millwood Hargrave, Andrea (2007) Response to the European Commission's consultation on safer internet and online technologies for children. EU Kids Online, London, UK

Lievrouw, Leah and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) (2007) Capire i new media [Italian translation of the student edition of the Handbook of New Media]. Ulrico Hoepli Editore, Milan, Italy. ISBN 9788820333447

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Evaluating the online risks for children in Europe. Telos, 73 pp. 52-69. ISSN 1132-0877

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Response to Ofcom's consultation on the Draft Annual Plan 2007/08. Voice of the Listener & Viewer

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Audiences and interpretations. e-Compos, 10 pp. 1-22. ISSN 1808-2599

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Strategies of parental regulation in the media-rich home. Computers in human behavior, 23 (3). pp. 920-941. ISSN 0747-5632

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) Do the media harm children?: reflections on new approaches to an old problem. Journal of children and media, 1 (1). pp. 5-14. ISSN 1748-2801

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) On the material and the symbolic: Silverstone’s double articulation of research traditions in new media studies. New media and society, 9 (1). pp. 16-24. ISSN 1461-7315

Livingstone, Sonia (2007) UK children go online: balancing the opportunities against the risks. Media@lse, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter and Miller, Laura (2007) Citizens, consumers and the citizen-consumer: articulating the interests at stake in media and communications regulation. Discourse and communication, 1 (1). pp. 85-111. ISSN 1750-4821

2006

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena (2006) UK children go online: a child-centred approach to the experience of using the internet. In: Anderson, Ben and Brynin, Malcolm and Gershuny, J. and Raban, Yoel, (eds.) Information and communications technologies in society: e-living in a digital Europe. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 104-118. ISBN 9780415383844

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen (2006) Does advertising literacy mediate the effects of advertising on children? A critical examination of two linked research literatures in relation to obesity and food choice. Journal of communication, 56 (3). pp. 560-584. ISSN 1460-2466

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Drawing conclusions from new media research: reflections and puzzles regarding children’s experience of the internet. The information society, 22 (4). pp. 219-230. ISSN 1087-6537

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Children's privacy online: experimenting with boundaries within and beyond the family. In: Kraut, Robert and Brynin, Malcolm and Kiesler, Sara, (eds.) Computers, phones, and the internet : domesticating information technology. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 145-167. ISBN 9780195312805

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Television advertising of food and drink products to children. Media@LSE, London UK

Couldry, Nick and Livingstone, Sonia and Markham, Tim (2006) Media consumption and the future of public connection. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Does TV advertising make children fat? : what the evidence tells us. Public policy research, 13 (1). pp. 54-61. ISSN 1744-5396

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Media literacy: challenges ahead. In: Westminster Media Forum, , (ed.) Implementing media literacy: empowerment, participation and responsibility. Westminster Forum Projects Ltd, London, UK. ISBN 9781905029242

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia and Kelay, Tanika and Miller, Laura (2006) Approaches to risk and consumer policy in financial service regulation in the UK.. Forum : qualitative social research, 7 (1). ISSN 1438-5627

Press, Andrea and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Taking audience research into the age of new media : old problems and new challenges. In: White, Mimi and Schwoch, James, (eds.) The question of method in cultural studies. Blackwell, London, UK, pp. 175-200. ISBN 0631229787

Livingstone, Sonia and Cardini, D. (2006) Lo spettatore intraprendente: analisi del pubblico televisivo. Carocci, Rome, Italy. ISBN 9788843039654

Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) (2006) Handbook of new media: social shaping and social consequences - fully revised student edition. SAGE Publications, London, UK. ISBN 9781412918732

Livingstone, Sonia and Millwood Hargrave, Andrea (2006) Harmful to children?: drawing conclusions from empirical research on media effects. In: Carlsson, Ulla, (ed.) Regulation, awareness, empowerment : young people and harmful media content in the digital age. Nordicom, Goteborg, Sweden, pp. 21-48. ISBN 9189471393

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Opportunities and constraints framing children and young people’s internet use. In: Consalvo, Mia and Haythornthwaite, Caroline, (eds.) Internet research annual. Peter Lang, New York, USA, pp. 59-75. ISBN 9780820478579

Millwood Hargrave, Andrea and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Harm and offence in media content: a review of the evidence. Intellect, Bristol, UK. ISBN 1841501611

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, E.J. (2006) Relating advertising literacy to the effects of advertising on children’s food choice: an integration of two research literatures. Journal of communication, 56 (3). pp. 560-584. ISSN 0021-9916

Liebes, Tamar and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) European soap operas: the diversification of a genre. In: McQuail, Denis and Golding, Peter and de Bens, Els, (eds.) Communication theory and research: an EJC anthology. Sage, London, UK, pp. 235-254. ISBN 9781412918329

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena (2006) Regulating the internet at home: contrasting the perspectives of children and parents. In: Buckingham, David and Willett, Rebekah, (eds.) Digital generations: children, young people, and new media. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., pp. 93-113. ISBN 0805859802

Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Response to the consultation on Ofcom’s draft annual plan, 2006/7. Ofcom, London, UK

Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Introduction to the updated student edition. In: Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) Handbook of new media: social shaping and social consequences of ICTs. Sage, London, UK, pp. 1-14. ISBN 1412918731

Millwood Hargrave, Andrea and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on child safety and mobile phone services. European Commission

Millwood Hargrave, Andrea and Livingstone, Sonia (2006) Mobile adult content - what are the issues? Intermedia, 34 (1). pp. 32-35. ISSN 0309-118X

2005

Lievrouw, Leah and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) (2005) Handbook of new media: social shaping and the social consequence of ICTs. SAGE, London, UK. ISBN 9781412921220

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Media literacy – challenges ahead. In:Westminster Media Forum, Implementing Media Literacy : Empowerment, Participation and Responsibility (27 Oct 2005 : Millbank, London).

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena and Helsper, Ellen (2005) Active participation or just more information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet. Information, communication and society, 8 (3). pp. 287-314. ISSN 1468-4462

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Media audiences, interpreters, users. In: Gillespie, Marie, (ed.) Media audiences, vol. 2. Open University Press, Maidenhead, UK, pp. 9-50. ISBN 9780335218837

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena and Helsper, Ellen (2005) Inequalities and the digital divide in children and young people's internet use: findings from the UK Children Go Online project. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena (2005) UK Children Go Online : final report of key project findings. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Audiences and publics: special issue. Journal of media practice, 6 (1). ISSN 1468-2753

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Introduction to the special issue ‘audiences and publics’. Journal of media practice, 6 (1). pp. 5-7. ISSN 1468-2753

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena and Helsper, Ellen (2005) Internet literacy among children and young people: findings from the UK Children Go Online project. OFCOM/ESRC, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) On the relation between audiences and publics. In: Livingstone, S., (ed.) Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere. Intellect Books, Bristol, UK, pp. 17-41. ISBN 1841501298

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia and Kelay, Tanika (2005) Risk and regulation in financial services and communications (Social Contexts and Responses to Risk Network). SCARR. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Introduction: Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere. In: Livingstone, S., (ed.) Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere. Intellect Books, Bristol, UK, pp. 9-16. ISBN 1841501298

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) In defence of privacy : mediating the public/private boundary at home. In: Livingstone, S., (ed.) Audiences and publics : when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere. Intellect Books, Bristol, UK, pp. 163-185. ISBN 1841501298

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Mediating the public/private boundary at home: children’s use of the internet for privacy and participation. Journal of media practice, 6 (1). pp. 41-51. ISSN 1468-2753

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Critical debates in internet studies: reflections on an emerging field. In: Curran, James and Gurevitch, Michael, (eds.) Mass media and society. Sage, London, UK, pp. 9-28. ISBN 0340884991

Livingstone, Sonia, (ed.) (2005) Audiences and publics: when cultural engagement matters for the public sphere. Intellect Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN 1841501298

Livingstone, Sonia and Van Couvering, Elizabeth and Thumim, Nancy (2005) Adult media literacy: a review of the research literature. Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2005) Assessing the research base for the policy debate over the effects of food advertising to children. International journal of advertising, 24 (3). pp. 273-296. ISSN 0265-0487

2004

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena and Helsper, Ellen (2004) Active participation or just more information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) What is media literacy? Intermedia, 32 (3). pp. 18-20. ISSN 0309-118X

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena (2004) UK children go online: surveying the experiences of young people and their parents. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) The challenge of changing audiences : or, what is the audience researcher to do in the age of the internet? European journal of communication, 19 (1). pp. 75-86. ISSN 1460-3705

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) UKCGO (UK Children Go Online) Child questionnaire. UK Children Go Online , London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) UKCGO (UK Children Go Online) Parent questionnaire. UK Children Go Online , London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) Media literacy and the challenge of new information and communication technologies. Communication review, 1 (7). pp. 3-14. ISSN 1071-4421

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) Du rapport entre audiences et publics. Réseaux, 126 pp. 17-55. ISSN 0751-7971

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, M. (2004) Taking up opportunities? Children’s uses of the internet for education, communication and participation. E-Learning, 1 (3). pp. 395-419. ISSN 1741-8887

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) Children online - consumers or citizens? Cultures of Consumption Working Paper Series. ESRC/AHRB, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) Television and the active audience. In: Carpentier, Nico and Pauwels, Caroline and Van Oost, Olga, (eds.) Het on(be)grijpbare publiek ("The ungraspable audience"). VUB Press, Brussels, Belgium.

Livingstone, Sonia (2004) Internetkompetenz - entwicklung und grundzüge: beobachtungen der internetnutzung bei kindern. In: Lauffer, Jurgen, (ed.) In 8 sekunden um die welt. kinder, jugendliche, familien - internetnutzung im europäischen und internationalen kontext. Gesellschaft für Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur in der Bundesrepublik, Bielefeld, Germany, pp. 100-118. ISBN 9783929685336

2003

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) On the challenges of cross-national comparative media research. European journal of communication, 18 (4). pp. 477-500. ISSN 1460-3705

Livingstone, Sonia and Bober, Magdalena (2003) UK children go online : listening to young people's experiences. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) The changing nature of audiences : from the mass audience to the interactive media user. In: Valdivia, A., (ed.) Companion to media studies. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 337-359. ISBN 063122601X

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) Book review: television, childhood and the home: a history of the making of the child television audience in Britain by David Oswell. British journal of sociology, 54 (2). pp. 309-310. ISSN 0007-1315

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) Children's use of the internet : reflections on the emerging research agenda. New media & society, 5 (2). pp. 147-166. ISSN 1461-7315

Livingstone, Sonia and Thumim, Nancy (2003) Assessing the media literacy of UK adults: a review of the academic literature. Broadcasting Standards Commission, London, UK. ISBN 1872521533

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) The changing nature and uses of media literacy. Media@LSE electronic working papers, 4. Media@lse, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) Les enjeux de la recherche comparative internationale sur les médias. Questions de communication, 3 (Specia). pp. 31-43. ISSN 1633-5961

Reiner, Robert and Livingstone, Sonia and Allen, Jessica (2003) From law and order to lynch mobs: crime news since the second world war. In: Mason, Paul, (ed.) Criminal visions: media representations of crime and justice. Willan, Cullompton, UK, pp. 13-32. ISBN 1843920131

Livingstone, Sonia (2003) Mediated childhoods: a comparative approach to young people's changing media environment in Europe. In: Turow, Joseph and Kavanaugh, Andrea L., (eds.) The wired homestead: an MIT sourcebook on the internet and the family. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., USA, pp. 207-226. ISBN 0262700948

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter (2003) Studio discussions. In: Allen, Robert C. and Hill, Annette, (eds.) The television studies reader. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 322-331. ISBN 0415283248

2002

Livingstone, Sonia (2002) Challenges and dilemmas as children go online: linking observational research in families to the emerging policy agenda. In:Internet safety: a shared responsibility (2002 : Dublin, Ireland).

Livingstone, Sonia (2002) The changing social landscape. In: Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) Handbook of new media: social shaping and social consequences of ICTs. Sage, London, UK, pp. 17-21. ISBN 9780761965107

Livingstone, Sonia (2002) Introduction. In: Lievrouw, Leah A. and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) Handbook of new media: social shaping and social consequences. Sage, London, UK, pp. 17-21. ISBN 0761965106

Livingstone, Sonia (2002) Introduction. In: Lievrouw, Leah and Livingstone, Sonia, (eds.) Handbook of new media: social shaping and consequences of ICTs. Sage, London, UK, pp. 1-15. ISBN 0761965106

Livingstone, Sonia (2002) Young people and new media: childhood and the changing media environment. Sage, London, UK. ISBN 0761964665

2001

Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Online freedom and safety for children. The Stationery Office Ltd., Norwich, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira (2001) Families, schools and the internet. Media@LSE, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira (2001) Families and the internet: an observational study of children and young people's internet use. Media@LSE, London, UK

Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Children online: emerging uses of the internet at home. Journal of the IBTE [Institute of British Telecommunications Engineers], 2 (1). pp. 57-63. ISSN 1470-5826

Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Revitalising the social psychology of the media. Social psychology review, 3 (1). pp. 33-44. ISSN 1369-7862

Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Children and their changing media environment. In: Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira, (eds.) Children and their changing media environment: a European comparative study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., USA, pp. 307-334. ISBN 0805834990

Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Media effects research. Psychology review, 7 (3). pp. 28-31. ISSN 1750-3469

Reiner, Robert and Livingstone, Sonia and Allen, Jessica (2001) Casino culture: media and crime in a winner-loser society. In: Stenson, Kevin and Sullivan, Robert R., (eds.) Crime, risk and justice: the politics of crime control in liberal democracies. Willan Publishing, Cullompton, UK, pp. 174-194. ISBN 1903240387

Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira, (eds.) (2001) Children and their changing media environment: a European comparative study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., USA. ISBN 9780805834994

Lunt, Peter and Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Language and the media: an emerging field for social psychology. In: Robinson, W. Peter and Giles, Howard, (eds.) The new handbook of language and social psychology. John Wiley and Sons, London, UK, pp. 585-600. ISBN 0471490962

Livingstone, Sonia and Allen, Jessica and Reiner, Robert (2001) The audience for crime media 1946-91: a historical approach to reception studies. Communication review, 4 (2). pp. 165-192. ISSN 1071-4421

Livingstone, Sonia and d'Haenens, Leen and Hasebrink, Uwe (2001) Childhood in Europe: contexts for comparison. In: Livingstone, Sonia M. and Bovill, Moira, (eds.) Children and their changing media environment: a European comparative study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey, pp. 3-30. ISBN 0805834982

Livingstone, Sonia and Lemish, Dafna (2001) Doing comparative research with children and young people. In: Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira, (eds.) Children and their changing media environment : a European comparative study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., USA, pp. 31-50. ISBN 0805834982

Bovill, Moira and Livingstone, Sonia (2001) Bedroom culture and the privatization of media use. In: Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira, (eds.) Children and their changing media environment : a European comparative study. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, N.J., USA, pp. 179-200. ISBN 0805834982

2000

Livingstone, Sonia (2000) Television and the active audience. In: Fleming, Dan, (ed.) Formations: a 21st century media studies textbook. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK, pp. 175-193. ISBN 0719058457

Livingstone, Sonia and Giaccardi, Chiara (2000) La ricerca sull'audience. Problemi e prospettive di una disciplina al bivio. Rubbettino, Catanzaro, Italy. ISBN 978872849659

Livingstone, Sonia (2000) Research report: thoughts on the appeal of 'screen entertainment culture' for British children. In: Lees, Tim and Ralph, Sue and Langham Brown, Jo, (eds.) Is regulation still an option in a digital universe? Papers from the 30th University of Manchester International Broadcasting Symposium, 1999. University of Luton Press, Luton, UK, pp. 43-64. ISBN 1860205747

Reiner, Robert and Livingstone, Sonia and Allen, Jessica (2000) No more happy endings? The media and popular concern about crime since the second world war. In: Hope, Tim and Sparks, Richard, (eds.) Crime, risk and insecurity: law and order in everyday life and political discourse. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 107-126. ISBN 0415243440

Livingstone, Sonia (2000) On the cutting edge, or otherwise, of media and communication research. Nordicom review, 21 (2). pp. 7-13. ISSN 1403-1108

1999

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) New media, new audiences? New media and society, 1 (1). pp. 59-66. ISSN 1461-7315

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) Présentation: une enquête européene. Reseaux, (92-93). pp. 17-23. ISSN 0751-7971

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) Personal computers in the home: what do they mean for Europe's children? Intermedia, 27 (2). pp. 4-6. ISSN 0309-118X

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) Les jeunes et les nouveaux medias: sur les leçons á tirer de la télévision pour le PC. Réseaux, 92-3 pp. 103-132. ISSN 0751-7971

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) Mediated knowledge: recognition of the familiar, discovery of the new. In: Gripsrud, Jostein, (ed.) Television and common knowledge. Routledge, New York, USA, pp. 91-107. ISBN 0415189292

Livingstone, Sonia and Bovill, Moira and Gaskell, George (1999) European TV kids in a transformed media world: findings of the UK study. In: Löhr, Paul and Meyer, Manfred, (eds.) Children, television, and the new media : a reader of research and documentation in Germany. University of Luton Press, Luton, UK, pp. 8-24. ISBN 1860205674

Livingstone, Sonia and Holden, Katharine J. and Bovill, Moira (1999) Children's changing media environment: overview of a European comparative study. In: von Feilitzen, Cecilia and Carlsson, Ulla, (eds.) Children and media: image, education, participation. Nordicom/UNESCO, Goteborg, Sweden. ISBN 9163078759

Livingstone, Sonia (1999) Media rich kids. LSE magazine, 11 (1). ISSN 0023-639X

1998

Livingstone, Sonia (1998) Mediated childhoods : a comparative approach to young people's changing media environment in Europe. European journal of communication, 13 (4). pp. 435-456. ISSN 1460-3705

Liebes, Tamar and Livingstone, Sonia (1998) European soap operas : the diversification of a genre. European journal of communication, 13 (2). pp. 147-180. ISSN 1460-3705

Livingstone, Sonia (1998) Relationships between media and audiences: prospects for audience reception studies. In: Liebes, Tamar and Curran, James, (eds.) Media, ritual and identity. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 237-255. ISBN 041515992X

Livingstone, Sonia (1998) Making sense of TV-narratives: children's readings of a fairy tale [review of I Rydin]. Nordicom information, 20 (4). pp. 89-95. ISSN 0349-5949

Livingstone, Sonia (1998) Audience research at the crossroads: the 'implied audience' in media and cultural theory. European journal of cultural studies, 1 (2). pp. 193-217. ISSN 1460-3551

1997

Allen, J. and Livingstone, Sonia and Reiner, R. (1997) The changing generic location of crime in film : a content analysis of film synopses, 1945-1991. Journal of communication, 47 (4). pp. 89-101. ISSN 1460-2466

Livingstone, Sonia (1997) The work of Elihu Katz: conceptualizing media effects in context. In: Corner, John and Schlesinger, Philip and Silverstone, Roger, (eds.) International media research: a critical survey. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 18-47. ISBN 9780415090353

Reiner, Robert and Livingstone, Sonia (1997) Discipline or desubordination? Changing media images of crime. Economic and Social Research Council

1996

Lunt, P. and Livingstone, S. (1996) Rethinking the focus group in media and communications research. Journal of communication, 46 (2). pp. 79-98. ISSN 1460-2466

Livingstone, Sonia (1996) On the continuing problems of media effects research. In: Curran, James and Gurevitch, Michael, (eds.) Mass media and society. Edward Arnold, London, UK, pp. 305-324. ISBN 0340614188

1995

Livingstone, Sonia and Liebes, Tamar (1995) Where have all the mothers gone? : soap opera's replaying of the Oedipal story. Critical studies in mass communication, 12 (2). pp. 155-175. ISSN 0739-3180

1994

Livingstone, Sonia (1994) The rise and fall of audience research : an old story with a new ending. In: Levy, Mark and Gurevitch, Michael, (eds.) Defining media studies : reflections on the future of the field. Oxford University Press, London, UK. ISBN 0195087887

Livingstone, Sonia and Lunt, Peter (1994) Talk on television: audience participation and public debate. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415077385

1993

Livingstone, Sonia (1993) The rise and fall of audience research : an old story with a new ending. Journal of communication, 43 (4). pp. 5-12. ISSN 1460-2466

1992

Livingstone, Sonia (1992) The resourceful reader: interpreting television characters and narratives. Communication yearbook, 1 (15). pp. 58-90. ISSN 0147-4642

1991

Livingstone, Sonia (1991) Audience reception : the role of the viewer in retelling romantic drama. In: Curran, James and Gurevitch, Michael, (eds.) Mass media and society. Hodder Arnold, London. ISBN 0340884991

1990

Livingstone, Sonia (1990) Interpreting television narrative : how viewers see a story. Journal of communication, 40 (1). pp. 72-82. ISSN 1460-2466

Livingstone, Sonia The influence of Personal Influence on the study of audiences. In: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. , pp. 233-250. ISSN 1552-3349

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