No pain, no gain: how kids who are discriminated against use the internet

Leen d’Haenens reflects on data from EU Kids Online research and discusses the online practices of kids who are discrimated against offline. She finds that those children use the internet differently and are frequently exposed to more risk. Leen is a Professor of Communication at the Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. Her areas of research include digital media and youth, news media, media and ethnic minorities as well as media governance and accountability mechanisms.