Here are links to or downloads of a wide range of articles you may find interesting. We have clustered them by topic.

Digital Citizenship
Berson, M.J., Berson, I.R. (2004). Developing Thoughtful “Cybercitizens”. Social Studies and the Young Learner. Download here.

Children and Media
American Academy of Pediatrics. (1999). Policy Statement: Media Education. http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;104/2/341

American Psychological Association. (2004). Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children.  http://www.apa.org/releases/childrenads.pdf    

Hector’s World
Berson, I.R., Berson, M.J., Desai,S., Falls, D., & Fenaughty,J. (2007). An analysis of electronic media to prepare children for safe and ethical practices in digital environments. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. http://www.citejournal.org/vol8/iss3/socialstudies/article2.cfm

Broad, H. (2008). Cybercitizenship for the Very Young: An Evolution in Cybercrime Prevention Education in New Zealand. The Police Chief, vol. LXXV, no.4. Retrieved January 5, 2009 from http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&article_id=1464&issue_id=42008

Hector’s World™ evaluation: Pilot episode ‘Details, Details… Fenaughty. Download here.

Evaluation of Hector’s World Online Safety Education Resources. (2008). Butterfield. Download here. 

Children Online
British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee. (2008). Information behaviour of the researcher of the future.  http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080116.html 

Department of Children, Schools and Families & Department of Culture, Media and Sport and Byron, T. (2008). The Byron Review: Children and New Technology, Nottingham. 
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/byronreview/

Duddy,M., Harré, N., & Internet Safety Group. (2002). The net generation: Internet safety issues for young New Zealanders. Download here. 

McIntyre, P. (2008, 9 October). Boom in virtual playgrounds for kids. The Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/virtual-playgrounds-for-kids/2008/10/09/1223145499071.html

Ofcom. (2008). Social Networking: A Quantitative and Qualitative Research Report into Attitudes, Behaviours and Use. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/advice/media_literacy/medlitpub/medlitpubrss/socialnetworking/

Rideout, V., Hamel, E., & Kaiser Family Foundation. (2006). The media family: Electronic media in the lives of infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their parents. http://www.kff.org/entmedia/7500.cfm.

Commercial reality for kids online
KZero website http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?cat=100 On this page is also an interesting video “The folks down at Disney, they have plans for your children.”

An interview with Susan Linn, “Are Corporations Abducting Your Child’s Imagination?” http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Whats_the_Case_for_Make_Believe/