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 relationships. 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.
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