Mobile communication and the protection of children /

Mobile phones and other smart connected devices have fundamentally changed contemporary life. Globally, we see an unprecedented explosion of new generation mobile phones. More precisely, mobile communication is nowadays really pervasive in social life. For instance, children and young persons are em...

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Main Author: Ong, Rebecca, 1961-
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2010.
Series:Meijersreeks ; MI 175.
SIKS dissertation series ; no. 2010-10.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mobile communication and the protection of children
  • 2. Mobile telephony
  • 3. Convergence of technologies
  • 4. Mobile communication and potential hazards
  • 5. Mobile communication: its impact on children and young people
  • 6. Regulatory arrangements and the protection of children
  • 7. Comparative jurisdictions
  • 8. Regulatory paradigms
  • 9. Self Regulation
  • 10. Government intervention
  • the need for regulatory alternatives?
  • 11. Conclusion.