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Social Sciences and Humanities
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2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best female scientists D-index 111 Citations 55,101 625 World Ranking 500 National Ranking 49
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 112 Citations 55,763 581 World Ranking 13 National Ranking 3

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • The Internet

Her primary scientific interests are in The Internet, Public relations, Social psychology, New media and Advertising. Her study in The Internet is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Harm and SAFER. Her research integrates issues of Pedagogy, Educational technology, Literacy, Computer literacy and Path analysis in her study of Public relations.

Her Social psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Mediation, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics, Internet safety and Internet privacy. The New media study combines topics in areas such as Mediated communication, One-to-many, Media relations and Media studies. Her work deals with themes such as Context, Media access, Cognition, Creative industries and Grandparent, which intersect with Advertising.

Her most cited work include:

  • Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers' use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression (1262 citations)
  • Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divide (711 citations)
  • Parental Mediation of Children's Internet Use (542 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her main research concerns Public relations, The Internet, Media studies, Advertising and Social psychology. Her Public relations research integrates issues from Digital media, Media literacy and Literacy. Her studies deal with areas such as Harm, Internet privacy and SAFER as well as The Internet.

She combines subjects such as Social psychology, Social science, New media and Politics with her study of Media studies.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Public relations (28.53%)
  • The Internet (23.01%)
  • Media studies (15.56%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Public relations (28.53%)
  • The Internet (23.01%)
  • Internet privacy (7.46%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Public relations, The Internet, Internet privacy, Media studies and Digital media. Her Public relations study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Context. Her work in The Internet addresses issues such as Online research methods, which are connected to fields such as Internet users.

Her Internet privacy research incorporates elements of Internet access, Personally identifiable information, Data Protection Act 1998 and Negotiation. Sonia Livingstone focuses mostly in the field of Media studies, narrowing it down to topics relating to Social psychology and, in certain cases, Focus. Sonia Livingstone has included themes like Information and Communications Technology and International human rights law in her Digital media study.

Between 2015 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Maximizing Opportunities and Minimizing Risks for Children Online: The Role of Digital Skills in Emerging Strategies of Parental Mediation (142 citations)
  • EU Kids Online (105 citations)
  • Children and young people’s rights in the digital age: An emerging agenda: (86 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • World War II
  • The Internet

Public relations, The Internet, Internet privacy, Digital media and Screen time are her primary areas of study. The Public relations study combines topics in areas such as Context, Parental mediation and Best practice. She has included themes like Child rights and Mental health in her The Internet study.

Her Internet privacy study incorporates themes from Literacy, Media literacy, Data Protection Act 1998 and SAFER. Her Media literacy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Connected learning, Task, Everyday life and Medical education. Her research in Digital media intersects with topics in Psychological intervention, Information and Communications Technology and International human rights law.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers' use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression

Sonia Livingstone.
New Media & Society (2008)

2638 Citations

Young People and New Media: Childhood and the Changing Media Environment

Sonia M. Livingstone.
(2000)

1837 Citations

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

Sonia Livingstone;Ellen J. Helsper.
New Media & Society (2007)

1481 Citations

Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

Mizuko Ito;Kris Gutiérrez;Sonia Livingstone;Bill Penuel.
(2013)

1469 Citations

Talk on Television: Audience Participation and Public Debate

Sonia M. Livingstone;Peter K. Lunt.
(1993)

1422 Citations

Risks and safety on the internet: the perspective ofEuropean children. Full findings.

Sonia Livingstone;Leslie Haddon;Anke Gorzig;Kjartan Olafsson.
(2011)

1322 Citations

Media Literacy and the Challenge of New Information and Communication Technologies

Sonia Livingstone.
The Communication Review (2004)

1178 Citations

Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretation

Sonia M. Livingstone.
(1989)

1174 Citations

On the mediation of everything: ICA presidential address 2008

Sonia Livingstone.
Journal of Communication (2009)

1094 Citations

Children and the Internet

Sonia Livingstone.
(1994)

1087 Citations

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