Useful Youth Studies
Links to various council youth strategies.Click here to read about the YOUTH Portal website solution.
The University of Berkeley has some extensive publications on the subject of Youth and ICT studies
Usability of Websites for Teenagers
Jakob Neilsen's useit.com publication of 2005 is a groundbreaking study on young people's interactions with websites.
Young People, Wellbeing and Communication Technologies
The University of Melbourne's publication from VicHealth (2005) is a good resource which suggests that the way that the current generation of young people like to express themselves and interact electronically has a huge impact on their life.
Dr Steve Hodgkinson's report from CIO New Zealand (October, 2007) which suggests that Youth departments need to be able to use ICT and Web2.0 more interactively than any other council service.
Youth on the Edge study by the Melbourne Interface Councils (2007) shows that fast growing urban fringes are under pressure from various social problems.
