Giovanna Mascheroni, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer of Sociology of Communication and Culture in the Department of Sociology, Università Cattolica of Milan. She is part of the management team of the EU Kids Online network and MC Member of the COST Action DigiLitEY. From 2012 to 2014 she coordinated the Net Children Go Mobile project. Her work focuses on the social shaping and the social consequences of the internet and mobile media among children and young people, including online risks and opportunities, civic/political participation and digital citizenship.