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Ellen Helsper is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the intersection of social sciences and computer science, with a focus on information systems and the sociopolitical aspects of digital technology.

Their work addresses topics primarily related to digital literacy and education, gender and technology in educational contexts, child development in relation to digital technology, and the social and political impacts of social media. Additional areas include the digital economy and transformations in work, as well as educational innovations and challenges.

  • Digital literacy in education
  • Gender and Technology in Education
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Educational Innovations and Challenges

Helsper has contributed to a range of scholarly publications, with frequent appearances in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), New Media & Society, Media and Communication, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Data in Brief.

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • New Media & Society
  • Media and Communication
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Data in Brief

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Helsper include:

  • The youth Digital Skills Indicator: Report on the conceptualisation and development of the ySKILLS digital skills measure (2021) - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The youth Digital Skills Indicator (2021) - Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Parental mediation of children's online risks: The role of parental risk perception, digital skills and risk experiences (2024) - New Media & Society

Helsper collaborates frequently with other researchers including Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen, Luc Schneider, Ester van Laar, Leen d'Haenens, and Katariina Salmela-Aro.

  • Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen
  • Luc Schneider
  • Ester van Laar
  • Leen d'Haenens
  • Katariina Salmela-Aro

Best Publications

  • Digital natives: where is the evidence?

    Ellen Johanna Helsper;Rebecca Eynon

  • Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divide

    Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Parental Mediation of Children's Internet Use

    Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper

  • The Third-Level Digital Divide: Who Benefits Most from Being Online?

    Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers’ use of the internet: the role of online skills and internet self-efficacy

    Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper

  • A Corresponding Fields Model for the Links Between Social and Digital Exclusion

    Ellen Johanna Helsper

  • Maximizing Opportunities and Minimizing Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation

    Sonia Livingstone;Kjartan Ólafsson;Ellen J. Helsper;Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva

  • Does Advertising Literacy Mediate the Effects of Advertising on Children? A Critical Examination of Two Linked Research Literatures in Relation to Obesity and Food Choice

    Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Development and validation of the Internet Skills Scale (ISS)

    Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen;Ellen J. Helsper;Rebecca Eynon

  • Active participation or just more information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet

    Sonia Livingstone;Magdalena Bober;Ellen J. Helsper

  • A nuanced understanding of Internet use and non-use among the elderly

    Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Digital inclusion: an analysis of social disadvantage and the information society

    Ellen J. Helsper

  • The emergence of a “digital underclass” in Great Britain and Sweden: Changing reasons for digital exclusion

    Ellen J Helsper;Bianca C Reisdorf

  • The Compoundness and Sequentiality of Digital Inequality

    Alexander Johannes Aloysius Maria van Deursen;Ellen Helsper;Rebecca Eynon;Johannes A.G.M. van Dijk

  • Gendered Internet Use Across Generations and Life Stages

    Ellen Johanna Helsper

  • The Digital Disconnect: The Social Causes and Consequences of Digital Inequalities

    Ellen Helsper

  • Distinct skill pathways to digital engagement

    Ellen Johanna Helsper;Rebecca Eynon

  • Taking risks when communicating on the Internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks

    Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Collateral benefits of Internet use: Explaining the diverse outcomes of engaging with the Internet:

    Alexander J. A. M. Van Deursen;Ellen J. Helsper

  • Internet literacy among children and young people: findings from the UK Children Go Online project

    Sonia Livingstone;Magdalena Bober;Ellen Helsper

  • Migration and New Media: Transnational Families and Polymedia

    Ellen Helsper

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Livingstone
Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics and Political Science
William H. Dutton
William H. Dutton University of Oxford
Johannes A.G.M. van Dijk
Johannes A.G.M. van Dijk University of Twente
Monica T. Whitty
Monica T. Whitty Monash University

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