Helsper, Ellen

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Article
  • van Laar, Ester, van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., Helsper, Ellen, Schneider, Luc (2025). Developing performance tests to measure digital skills: lessons learned from a cross-national perspective. Media and Communication, 13, https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8988 picture_as_pdf
  • d'Haenens, Leen, Vissenberg, Joyce, Puusepp, Marit, Edisherashvili, Natalia, Martinez‐Castro, Diego, Helsper, Ellen Johanna, Tomczyk, Lukasz, Azadi, Tania, Opozda-Suder, Sylwia & Maksniemi, Erika et al (2025). Fostering media literacy: a systematic evidence review of intervention effectiveness for diverse target groups. Media and Communication, 13, https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.8901 picture_as_pdf
  • De Marco, Stefano, Dumont, Guillaume, Helsper, Ellen Johanna (2025). The reproduction of structural inequalities in online job search strategies and outcomes. New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241310497 picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Veltri, Giuseppe, Livingstone, Sonia (2024). Parental mediation of children’s online risks: the role of parental risk perception, digital skills and risk experiences. New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448241261945 picture_as_pdf
  • Machackova, Hana, Bedrosova, Marie jaron, Muzik, Michal, Zlamal, Rostislav, Fikrlova, Jana, Literova, Anna, Dufkova, Eliska, Smahel, David, Boomgaarden, Hajo & Song, Hyunjin et al (2024). Digital skills among youth: a dataset from a three-wave longitudinal survey in six European countries. Data In Brief, 54, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110396 picture_as_pdf
  • Jacovkis, Judith, Rivera-Vargas, Pablo, Helsper, Ellen (2024). Plataformización de la educación pública: propuestas para abordar las desigualdades socio-digitales y reforzar el rol de la administración pública en Cataluña. International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, 13(1), 39 - 57. https://doi.org/10.17583/rimcis.12387 picture_as_pdf
  • Dumont, Guillaume, De Marco, Stefano, Heslper, Ellen (2024). Online job search discouragement: how employment platforms and digital exclusion shape the experience of low‐qualified job seekers? New Technology, Work and Employment, 39(1), 89 - 108. https://doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12279 picture_as_pdf
  • De Marco, Stefano, Dumont, Guillaume, Helsper, Ellen, Díaz-Guerra, Alejandro, Antino, Mirko, Rodríguez-Muñoz, Alfredo, Martínez-Cantos, José-Luis (2023). Jobless and burnt out: digital inequality and online access to the labor market. Social Inclusion, 11(4), 184 - 197. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v11i4.7017 picture_as_pdf
  • Al-Sumait, Fahed, Helsper, Ellen J., Rahali, Miriam (2023). Adapting global methodologies to digital inequalities research in a multicultural Arab environment. Convergence, https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231174594 picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Smahel, David (2020). Excessive internet use by young Europeans: psychological vulnerability and digital literacy? Information, Communication & Society, 23(9), 1255 - 1273. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1563203 picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Reisdorf, Bianca C. (2017). The emergence of a "digital underclass" in Great Britain and Sweden: changing reasons for digital exclusion. New Media & Society, 19(8), 1253-1270. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444816634676
  • Helsper, Ellen (2017). The social relativity of digital exclusion: applying relative deprivation theory to digital inequalities. Communication Theory, 27(3), 223 - 242. https://doi.org/10.1111/comt.12110
  • Van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., Helsper, Ellen (2017). Collateral benefits of Internet use: explaining the diverse outcomes of engaging with the Internet. New Media & Society, 20(7), 2333-2351. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817715282
  • Helsper, Ellen, Van Deursen, Alexander J.A.M. (2017). Do the rich get digitally richer? Quantity and quality of support for digital engagement. Information, Communication and Society, 20(5), 700-714. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1203454
  • Helsper, Ellen (2017). A socio-digital ecology approach to understanding digital inequalities among young people. Journal of Children and Media, 11(2), 256-260. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2017.1306370
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Ólafsson, Kjartan, Helsper, Ellen, Lupiáñez-Villanueva, Francisco, Veltri, Giuseppe A., Folkvord, Frans (2017). Maximizing opportunities and minimizing risks for children online: the role of digital skills in emerging strategies of parental mediation. Journal of Communication, 67(1), 82-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12277
  • Van Deursen, Alexander J.A.M., Helsper, Ellen, Eynon, Rebecca, van Dijk, Jan A.G.M (2017). The compoundness and sequentiality of digital inequality. International Journal of Communication, 11, 452-473.
  • Van Deursen, Alexander J.A.M., Helsper, Ellen, Eynon, Rebecca (2016). Development and validation of the Internet Skills Scale (ISS). Information, Communication and Society, 19(6), 804-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1078834
  • Eynon, Rebecca, Helsper, Ellen (2015). Family dynamics and internet use in Britain: what role do children play in adults' engagement with the internet? Information, Communication and Society, 18(2), 156-171. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2014.942344
  • van Deursen, Alexander, Helsper, Ellen (2015). A nuanced understanding of Internet use and non-use amongst older adults. European Journal of Communication, 30(2), 171-187. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323115578059
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Book review: status update: celebrity, publicity, and branding in the social media age. International Journal of Communication, 8, p. 5.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Book review: danah boyd, it’s complicated: the social lives of networked teens. International Journal of Communication, 8, 2783-2786.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Offline social identity and online chat partner selection. Information, Communication and Society, 17(6), 695-715. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2013.810767
  • Helsper, Ellen, Eynon, Rebecca (2013). Distinct skill pathways to digital engagement. European Journal of Communication, 28(6), 696-713. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323113499113
  • Helsper, Ellen, Reisdorf, Bianca C. (2013). A quantitative examination of explanations for reasons for internet nonuse. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16(2), 94-99. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2012.0257
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2013). Children, internet and risk in comparative perspective. Journal of Children and Media, 7(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2012.739751
  • Helsper, Ellen (2012). A corresponding fields model for the links between social and digital exclusion. Communication Theory, 22(4), 403-426. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2012.01416.x
  • Helsper, Ellen, Gerber, Monica M. (2012). The plausibility of cross-national comparisons of internet use types. Information Society, 28(2), 83-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/01972243.2011.650294
  • Eynon, Rebecca, Helsper, Ellen (2011). Adults learning online: digital choice and/or digital exclusion? New Media & Society, 13(4), 534-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444810374789
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). Book review: the social dynamics of information and communication technology. Information, Communication and Society, 14(2), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2010.539245
  • Helsper, Ellen, Whitty, Monica (2010). Netiquette within married couples: agreement about acceptable online behavior and surveillance between partners. Computers in Human Behavior, 26(5), 916-926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2010.02.006
  • Helsper, Ellen (2010). Gendered internet use across generations and life stages. Communication Research, 37(3), 352-374. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650209356439
  • Helsper, Ellen, Godoy-Etcheverry, Sergio (2010). 3rd ICTs and Society meeting; paper session - inequalities: social, economic and political; paper 6: implications and precisions about digital exclusion in the UK and Chile. TripleC, 8(2), 149-154.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2010). Balancing opportunities and risks in teenagers' use of the internet: the role of online skills and internet self-efficacy. New Media & Society, 12(2), 309-329. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444809342697
  • Helsper, Ellen, Eynon, Rebecca (2010). Digital natives: where is the evidence? British Educational Research Journal, 36(3), 503-520. https://doi.org/10.1080/01411920902989227
  • Helsper, Ellen (2009). The ageing internet: digital choice and exclusion among the elderly. Working With Older People, 13(4), 28-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/13663666200900068
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2008). Parental mediation and children’s Internet use. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 52(4), 581-599. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838150802437396
  • Helsper, Ellen (2008). Internet use and opinion formation in countries with different ICT contexts. OBServatorio (OBS*), 2(3), 121-149.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2007). Taking risks when communicating on the internet: the role of offline social-psychological factors in young people's vulnerability to online risks. Information, Communication and Society, 10(5), 619-643. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180701657998
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2007). Gradations in digital inclusion: children, young people and the digital divide. New Media & Society, 9(4), 671-696. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444807080335
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2006). 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. Journal of Communication, 56(3), 560-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00301.x
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Bober, Magdalena, Helsper, Ellen (2005). Active participation or just more information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet. Information, Communication and Society, 8(3), 287-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180500259103
    • Book
  • Helsper, Ellen (2021). The digital disconnect: the social causes and consequences of digital inequalities. SAGE Publications.
    • Chapter
  • Helsper, Ellen (2021). Network and neighborhood effects in digital skills. In Hargittai, E. (Ed.), Handbook of Digital Inequality (pp. 75 - 96). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116572.00012
  • Helsper, Ellen (2020). Digital inequalities amongst digital natives. In Green, L., Holloway, D., Stevenson, K., Leaver, T. & Haddon, L. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Digital Media and Children (pp. 435 - 448). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351004107-41
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Burton, Patrick, Cabello, Patricio, Helsper, Ellen, Kanchev, Petar, Kardefelt-Winther, Daniel, Perovic, Jelena, Stoilova, Mariya, Ssu-Han, Yu (2020). Media and information literacy among children on three continents: insights into the measurement and mediation of well-being. In Pérez Tornero, J. M., Orozco, G. & Hamburger, E. (Eds.), Media and information literacy in critical times: Re-imagining learning and information environments (pp. 191 - 206). United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Smirnova, Svetlana (2019). Youth inequalities in digital interactions and well-being. In Burns, T. & Gottschalk, F. (Eds.), Educating 21st Century Children: Emotional Well-being in the Digital Age (pp. 163 - 184). OECD. https://doi.org/10.1787/d0dd54a9-en
  • Helsper, Ellen (2019). Why location-based studies offer new opportunities for a better understanding of socio-digital inequalities? In Desigualdades Digitais no Espaco Urbano: Um Estudo Sobre o Acesso e o Uso da Internet na Cidade de São Paulo (pp. 19 -44). Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR. picture_as_pdf
  • International Telecommunication Union (2018). ICT skills for the future. In Gibson, M. (Ed.), Measuring the Information Society Report 2018 (pp. 21 - 50). International Telecommunication Union.
  • Helsper, Ellen, Deursen, Alexander J. A. M. van (2015). Digital skills in Europe: research and policy. In Andreasson, K. (Ed.), Digital divides (pp. 125-149). CRC Press.
  • van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., Helsper, Ellen (2015). The third-level digital divide: who benefits most from being online? In Robinson, L., Cotten, S. R., Schulz, J., Hale, T. M. & Williams, A. (Eds.), Communication and Information Technologies Annual (pp. 29-52). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2050-206020150000010002
    • Dataset
  • Helsper, Ellen Johanna, Martinez Castro, Diego Fernando (2025). Digital literacy evaluation of Code Your Future (UK). [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14608031
  • Joris, Willem Schneider, Luc (Contributor) Helsper, Ellen Johanna (Contributor) Machackova, Hana (Contributor) , Jaron Bedrosova, Marie (Contributor) , Muzik, Michal (Contributor) , Zlamal, Rostislav (Contributor) , Fikrlova, Jana (Contributor) , Literova, Anna (Contributor) , Dufkova, Eliska (Contributor) & Smahel, David (Contributor) (2024). ySKILLS three-wave survey. [Dataset]. Mendeley Data. https://doi.org/10.17632/c66jczxfjc.4
  • Schneider, Luc, Helsper, Ellen, van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., van Laar, Ester (2021). youth Digital Skills Indicator questionnaires. [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.3030/870612
    • Report
  • Helsper, Ellen, Rao, Shivani, Lyons Longworth, Marisa (2025). Digital policy analysis: a methodological toolkit. Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE & 5Rights Foundation. picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Rao, Shivani, Lyons Longworth, Marisa (2025). Left out and misunderstood: children in digital policies. A global review. Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE & 5Rights Foundation. picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Rao, Shivani, Lyons Longworth, Marisa (2025). Left out and misunderstood: children in global, regional and national digital policies. Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE & 5Rights Foundation. picture_as_pdf
  • Martinez, Diego, Helsper, Ellen, d'Haenens, Leen, Vissenberg, Joyce, Edisherashvili, Natalia, Puusepp, Marit, Tomczyk, Lukasz, Kielar, Izabela, Martinez, Gemma & Irani, Fatemeh et al (2025). Synthesis of evaluation studies of media literacy and digital skills interventions. KU Leuven: REMEDIS. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15464603 picture_as_pdf
  • Martinez, Diego, Helsper, Ellen, Casado, Miguel Ángel, Martinez, Gemma, Larrañaga, Nekane, Garmendia, Maialen, Olveira, Rubén, Salmela-Aro, Katariina, Spurava, Guna & Hietajärvi, Lauri et al (2023). Co-developing media literacy and digital skills interventions: report on preliminary results. KU Leuven: REMEDIS. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10361164 picture_as_pdf
  • Martinez, Diego, Helsper, Ellen, Casado, Miguel Ángel, Martinez, Gemma, Larrañaga, Nekane, Garmendia, Maialen, Olveira, Rubén, Salmela-Aro, Katariina, Spurava, Guna & Hietajärvi, Lauri et al (2023). Analysing intervention programmes: barriers and success factors. A systematic review. KU Leuven: REMEDIS. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10357353 picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Schneider, Luc, van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., van Laar, Ester (2020). The youth skills digital indicator: report on the conceptualisation and development of the ySkills digital skills measure. KU Leuven. picture_as_pdf
  • Social Tech Trust (2018). Digital Reach: insights. Social Tech Trust.
  • Helsper, Ellen, van Deursen, Alexander J. A. M., Eynon, Rebecca (2015). Tangible outcomes of Internet use: from digital skills to tangible outcomes project report. Oxford Internet Institute.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Harnessing ICT for social action: a digital volunteering programme. (Synthesis Report). European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
  • van Deursen, Alexander J.A.M., Helsper, Ellen, Eynon, Rebecca (2014). Measuring digital skills: from digital skills to tangible outcomes. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.
  • Helsper, Ellen, Kalmus, Veronika, Hasebrink, Uwe, Ságvári, Bence, de Haan, Jos (2013). Country classification: opportunities, risks, harm and parental mediation. EU Kids Online, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Smahel, David, Helsper, Ellen, Green, Lelia, Kalmus, Veronika, Blinka, Lukas, Ólafsson, Kjartan (2012). Excessive internet use among European children. (EU Kids Online). London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). The emergence of a digital underclass: digital policies in the UK and evidence for inclusion. (LSE Media Policy Project Series Media Policy Brief 3). Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Georgiou, Myria, Haddon, Leslie, Helsper, Ellen, Wang, Yinhan (2010). Existential field 8: appendix to the report - special focus pieces. (Working reports: Existential Fields EF8). Family Platform Project.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2008). Digital inclusion: an analysis of social disadvantage and the information society. Department for Communities and Local Government.
  • Dutton, William, Helsper, Ellen (2007). Internet in Britain: 2007. (Oxford Internet Surveys 2007). University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2006). OSS Watch survey 2006. OSS Watch, Joint Information Systems Committee, University of Oxford.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2005). R18 material: its potential impact on people under 18- an overview of the available literature. Ofcom.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Bober, Magdalena, Helsper, Ellen (2005). Inequalities and the digital divide in children and young people's internet use: findings from the UK Children Go Online project. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Bober, Magdalena, Helsper, Ellen (2005). Internet literacy among children and young people: findings from the UK Children Go Online project. OFCOM/ESRC.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Bober, Magdalena, Helsper, Ellen (2004). Active participation or just more information? Young people’s take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet. London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen (2004). Advertising foods to children: Understanding promotion in the context of children's daily lives. A review of the literature prepared for the Research Department of the Office of Communications (OFCOM). Media@LSE.
    • Other
  • Stowell, Tina, Foster, Don, Fraser, Stephanie, Hall, Anthony, Harding, Dido, Healy, Ana, Kamall, Syed, Lipsey, David, Wheatcroft, Patience & Reinsalu, Kristina et al (2023). Corrected oral evidence: Digital exclusion and the cost of living.
    • Thesis
  • Helsper, Ellen (2007). Internet use by teenagers: social inclusion, self-confidence and group identity [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • Online resource
  • Helsper, Ellen (2018). Digital inequalities policies in Latin America are mostly words and little accountability, just like in Europe.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2016). Digital Inequality: Disadvantaged Young People Experience Higher Barriers to Digital Engagement.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2015). Measuring Inequalities in a Digital Britain.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Digital Inclusion in Europe: Evaluating Policy and Practice.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Book review: the handbook of food research, edited by Anne Murcott, Warren Belasco, Peter Jackson.
  • Kulikova, Alexandra, de Chalambert, Helene, Genovese, Jacopo, Davies, Nick, Brito, Paula, Huang, Ying, Helsper, Ellen (2012). The Day After Leveson: Newspapers covered more than just their own defence.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). Britain needs a digital inclusion policy with concrete targets for both availability and take-up to counter the emergence of a digital underclass.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). The first day of the National Digital Conference (ND11): A summary.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). The second day at the National Digital Conference (ND11).
  • Helsper, Ellen (2011). What has happened to the Universal Service Commitment?
    • Working paper
  • Helsper, Ellen (2014). Harnessing ICT for social action: a digital volunteering programme (Spain, 25 March 2014) - Digital inclusion in Europe: evaluating policy and practice. (Discussion Paper). European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
  • van Deursen, Alexander, van Dijk, Jan, Helsper, Ellen (2014). Investigating outcomes of online engagement. (Media@LSE Working Paper Series 28). Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science.
  • Helsper, Ellen (2008). Digital natives and ostrich tactics?: the possible implications of labelling young people as digital experts. Futurelab.
  • Helsper, Ellen, Dutton, William, Gerber, Monica (2008). To be a network society: a cross-national perspective on the internet in Britain. (Research report 17). Oxford Internet Institute.
  • Dutton, William, Helsper, Ellen, Whitty, Monica, Buckwalter, Galen, Lee, Erina (2008). Mate selection in the network society: the role of the Internet in reconfiguring marriages in Australia, the United Kingdom and United States. Oxford Internet Institute.
    • Blog post
  • Helsper, Ellen, Lyons Longworth, Marisa, Rao, Shivani (3 November 2025) Left out and misrepresented where are the children in digital policies? Media@LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Fierro, Pedro, Helsper, Ellen (7 November 2024) Anti-establishment votes for Trump not what you know, but who you know? Media@LSE. picture_as_pdf
  • Helsper, Ellen, Nixon, Dan (21 February 2024) How to address ‘digital' inequalities. LSE Inequalities. picture_as_pdf
  • Livingstone, Sonia, Helsper, Ellen, Rahali, Miriam (29 June 2022) A new ITU publication on digital skills in the lives of children and young people. Parenting for a Digital Future. picture_as_pdf
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