Dataset for the research project, 'Children and young people's telephone use and telephone cultures in Britain c.1984-1999'

This dataset comprises data collected as part of the research project, ‘Children and young people’s telephone use and telephone cultures in Britain, c. 1984-1999’. The research was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Fellowship [Grant number: AH/V008943/1]. The aims of the data collection were to document memories of telephone use of individuals who were between the ages of 5 and 19 during the study years of 1984 and 1999, and to capture interpretative responses to the subject matter of children’s historical telephone use. The dataset comprises two sections: 1) Archived data and 2) Open data. The Archived data includes digital files of artworks created as part of arts engaged research; data files from the Telephonic Youth Digital Map (hosted on the project website https://telephonicyouth.co.uk/); and closed interview data. The Telephonic Youth Digital Map is available to access until January 2028 via the website https://telephonicyouth.co.uk/ , at which point it will be archived. The Open data comprises open interview data and is intended to support future research. If you use material from the Open data please use the following attribution: ‘Based on data obtained during the Arts and Humanities Research Council Fellowship [Grant number: AH/V008943/1], 'Children and young people’s telephone use and telephone cultures in Britain, c. 1984-1999', conducted by Dr Eve Colpus and Dr Aaron Andrews (May 2021-January 2025).