"The Children’s Media Lives study provides an in-depth understanding of how a sample of 18 children, aged eight to 18, are thinking about and using digital media, and how this differs and is influenced by age, life stage, family circumstances, peer groups and wider society. It explores how digital media use evolves over time as children develop and respond to offline factors such as new schools, friendships, and access to new technologies. This is the sixth wave of this longitudinal study into children’s media lives. The unique ability to review analysis, dating back to 2014, allows us to identify structural shifts in children’s media use and to explore the drivers behind new and emerging patterns of behaviour." (Introduction)
Introduction, 2
Summary of key findings, 4
About this study, 8
The content children like and how they watch it, 15
Social media, 29
Critical understanding and online safety, 43
Glossary, 55