Hamburg, January 20, 2016, 4-6 pm, an Event of the Hans-Bredow-Institut and the Research Center for Media and Communication (RCMC) at the University of Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, ESA-West 221. The participation in this event is free of charge.Playing, communicating, connecting – children and adolescents use the opportunities of digital media with great enthusiasm. The potentials, risks and challenges of digital media for children and also the challenges for parents will be illustrated by and discussed against the background of findings of the international comparative projects EU Kids Online and Net Children Go Mobile.ProgrammeEU Kids Online: the European overview Uwe Hasebrink, Hans-Bredow-Institut/University of HamburgNetChildren Go Mobile: the role of smartphones and tabletsGitte Stald, IT University of CopenhagenDigital parenting: Findings and challengesSofie Vandoninck, Institute for Media Studies, KU LeuvenDiscussion on future research agendaConference organizationThe conference will be organized by the Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research and the Research Center for Media and Communication (RCMC)The participation in this event is free of charge.