The “Children’s Media Yearbook 2023” was recently released. The Children’s Media Yearbook brings together the voices of media creators, researchers, regulators, policy makers and advocates for children and young people. The Yearbook is intended to stimulate debate on children’s media and the lives of young people. It is the annual ‘book of record’ for the key issues, innovation and development across the entire range of media that children experience.
In this book, researchers Denise Mensonides, Dr. Anna Van Cauwenberge and Prof. Dr. Marcel Broersma have published a chapter on how children explore digital risks through play. They explore the different tactics children use when they encounter “scary but fun” situations in the games children like to play. They argue that those tactics support children in dealing successfully with those risky encounters.