Children and young people’s rights in the digital age: An emerging agenda

New Media and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 657-670

  Livingstone, Sonia ^a   Third, Amanda ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children s rights; digital environments; digital rights; discourses of childhood; human rights; Internet; UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019248312     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816686318     Document Type: Editorial

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