Adolescent use of new media and Internet technologies : debating risks and opportunities in the digital age / Gordon P. D. Ingram.
| Author/creator | Ingram, Gordon P. D. author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 149 pages) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | "This book engages with contemporary, and often polarizing, debates surrounding the risks of adolescent use of digital media and internet technologies. By drawing on multiple research studies, the text synthesizes current understandings of the impacts of social network use, online gaming, pornography, and phenomena including cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and internet addiction, to develop recommendations for the effective identification of at-risk youth, as well as strategies for informed communication about online risks and opportunities. It shows how media discussion of risks to children and teenagers from new technology is highly emotive and often exaggerated, rooted in the "moral panic" surrounding new cultural practices that young people engage in, but which adults do not understand. Online risks are thus conceptualized as centering on three areas, specific to adolescence, which have undergone radical changes due to new internet technology. These include young people's identity, the types of content that are accessed, and social interactions. The author shows how these matters stem from the potential of new technology to establish new interpersonal connections, emphasizing how it brings opportunities, as much as risks. As such, he provides a uniquely balanced discussion of potential dangers, while also emphasizing the opportunities for social, academic, and personal growth which new technologies afford young people. It will be indispensable for researchers and clinicians interested in assessing levels of online risk, as well as scholars and educators with interests in cyberpsychology, social psychology, cyber culture, social aspects of computing and media, and adolescent development"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Gordon P. D. Ingram is Associate Professor of Psychology at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ingram, Gordon P. D. Adolescent use of new media and Internet technologies New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9780367894825 |
| LCCN | 2022046547 |
| ISBN | 9781003019459 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1003019455 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000856729 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000856720 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000856781 electronic book |
| ISBN | 100085678X electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4324/9781003019459 |
| Stock number | 9781003019459 Taylor & Francis |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |