Mobile communication and the protection of children
By: door Rebecca Ong Yoke Chan geboren te Maleisi ͡in 1961
Contributors: E.M. Meijers Instituut; ebrary, Inc
Series: SIKS dissertation series -- no. 2010-10; MI -- 175
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9789087280802; 9789048512621
Subjects: Social aspects; Cell phones; Law and legislation; Youth; Cell phones and teenagers; Cell phone services industry; Cell phone advertising; Children; Legal status, laws
Description: 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 emerging as active players in the wonderful world of ringing and being ringed. Many of them are attracted by intriguing ring tones. However, the rapid mobile diffusion among children and young people raises a number of crucial questions--
Notes: On cover: E.M. Meijers Instituut.

"Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 22 april 2010 klokke 11.15 uur.

Thesis (Doctoral)--University of Leiden, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-345).

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

In English with a summary also in Dutch.