7 Children’s and Teens’ Use of Digital Technologies
Children and teens, compared to adults, have in some ways a very different understanding and experience of digital technologies. While adults have known a world before the Internet, children and adolescents have grown up with a range of digital technologies used to educate them, for them to build friendships and with which they learn about their identities. This chapter examines some of the ways in which young people use the Internet and some of the opportunities it might present to these users as well as the potential risks. We discuss the digital divide between young and older people, which makes it difficult for parents to advise young people in an informed way about the potential ...
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