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Annual overview of children’s media habits, attitudes, and how families manage online use.
Ofcom - Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2025 (May 2025)
Long-term qualitative study of UK children’s media use, attitudes, and behaviours.
Ofcom - Children’s Media Lives 2025 (May 2025)
Research on very young children’s use of TikTok, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and associated risks.
Ofcom’s “A window into young children’s online worlds” (April 2024)
Examines how different types of social media use affect wellbeing, and risks like violent content and misinformation.
UK Parliament — Screen time: impacts on education and wellbeing (May 2024)
National data on children’s online habits and government action to reduce harm.
“The impact of smartphones and social media on children” — UK Parliament Commons Library (May 2024)
Shows how teens with anxiety/depression use social media differently and experience stronger negative effects.
University of Cambridge - Social Media Use Among Adolescents with Mental Health Conditions (2025)
Finds 11% of adolescents show addictive social media use patterns, with girls most affected.
WHO - Teens, Screens and Mental Health (Sept 2024)