Technology and Youth
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Technology and Youth

Growing Up in a Digital World

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Technology and Youth

Growing Up in a Digital World

About this book

This volume focuses on the theme of Technology and Youth; advancements in communication and leisure technologies over the past decade have radically transformed the role of technology in the lives of youth. Around the globe, children and adolescents are often seen as being the first to embrace new technologies, such as new forms of social media. Having a cell phone, once regarded as an adult technology, has become a necessity within youth culture in many societies. Even video games, once limited to stand-alone computers, have become a venue for social gatherings of youth. The rapid pace of technological advancement has brought about profound changes in the very nature of childhood and adolescence.This volume of examines the role of technology in the lives of children and adolescents. Topics addressed include: cyberbullying, video games and aggressive behavior, online gaming and the development of social skills, sexuality, child pornography, virtual communities for children, social networking and peer relations, and other related issues.

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Yes, you can access Technology and Youth by Sampson Lee Blair, Patricia Neff Claster, Samuel M. Claster, Sampson Lee Blair,Patricia Neff Claster,Samuel M. Claster in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Children's Studies in Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Technology and Youth: Growing Up in a Digital World
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Editorial Board
  7. Foreword
  8. Cyberbullying in the Era of Digital Relationships: The Unique Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation on Adolescentsā€™ Adj...
  9. Factors that Influence Bystander Behavior in the Cyberbully Context
  10. Cell Phone Use and Youth Perceptions of Communication in South Africa
  11. Adolescentsā€™ Self-Defining Internet Experiences
  12. Young Collegians: Between the Physical and Numerical Territories, Different Processes of Individuation
  13. Keep Calm: Youth Navigating Adult Authority across Networked Publics
  14. All the Webā€™s a Stage: The Effects of Design and Modality on Youth Performances of Identity
  15. n00bs, Trolls, and Idols: Boundary-Making among Digital Youth
  16. The Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Usage on Psychological Well-Being among Urban Youth
  17. A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Technology Use and Substance Use during Adolescence
  18. Sexting, Digital Dissent and Narratives of Innocence ā€“ Controlling the Childā€™s Body
  19. Technology and the Fostered Child: A New Social Work Response
  20. ā€œThat Is So Not Trueā€: Adolescent Perspectives of Adult Misconceptions of Teen Text Messaging
  21. Watching Television and Reading Achievement: A Study of Third Grade Language Minority Students
  22. Can Media Consumption Predict Immigrant Adolescentsā€™ Acculturation-Related Risky Health Behavior? An Analysis of Latino Sam...
  23. United Future Leaders: A Case of the Use of Technology in Youth Programming and Hidden Curriculum
  24. About the Authors