Growing up Online

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G R O W I N G U P O N L I N E

Social media and Technology ischanging the way kids grow up

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“With the explosive development of communication

technologies, children and adolescents found a near

perfect, presumably risk-free environment in which to

pursue their developmental drives for sensation,

connection, autonomy, and control” (Borzekowski, 2012)Designed by Onlyyouqj Freepik.com

“A child born in the last 10 years hasaccess and actively uses digital

technologies and information as a criticalpart of their daily lives from an early age”

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(Ioanna Palaiologou, 2016)

“Children now rely ontechnology for the

majority of their play,grossly limiting challenges

to their creativity andimaginations, as well as

limiting necessarychallenges to their bodies

to achieve optimal sensoryand motor development.”

(Rowan, 2013)

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“Children six and under spend an average

of two hours a day with screen media,

mostly TV and videos”

(Rideout et al., 2013)

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“Children’s intellectualdevelopment is at risk due

to the demands made oncognitive resources.”

(McPake et al., 2010)

“Hard-wired for high speed, today’syoung are entering school struggling with

self regulation and attention skillsnecessary for learning, eventually

becoming significant behaviormanagement problems for teachers in the

classroom.”(Rowan, 2013)

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Parents have also learnt to alter theway they interact with their kids:

“learning to summon the children forchores using text messages, and to

check Facebook to determine if they’dwoken up” (Bielski, 2013)

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How technologyaffects chi ldhood isalso prominent theway social media isused by Teenagers.

“Our brains as adolescents and digital nativeshave adapted to this media influence and

because we've grown up with it we're able tocope with all these different stimuli”

–Alexandra (Reddy, 2014)

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“15% of the study

participants--

performed better

when working with

the distractions of

email and music

than when focusing

on a single activity.”

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(Reddy, 2014)

57% of teens have met anew friend online. Social

media and onlinegameplay are the mostcommon digital venues

for meeting friends”(Lenhart, 2015)

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“Just 25% ofteens spend

time withfriends in

person (outsideof school) on adaily basis.”


(Lenhart, 2015)


“Teens who are on social media for morethan two hours a day, a full one-quarter of

students in the study, report poor self-ratedmental health, psychological distress,

suicidal ideation or unmet need for mentalhealth support.” (Payne, 2015)

“53% of social media-usingteens have seen people

posting to social media aboutevents to which they were not

invited.”

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(Lenhart, 2015)

“21% of teen social

media users report

feeling worse

about their own

life because of

what they see

from other friends

on social media.”


(Lenhart, 2015)

“When they are first beginning touse media, boys and girls spend

the same amount of timewatching TV, reading, listening to

music and using computers.”

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(Rideout et al., 2003)


As they grow, their tendencieschange: “Boys are more likely thangirls to make online friends: 61% of

boys compared to 52% of girls havedone so.” (Lenhart, 2015)

Social Media

is also

changing how

teenagers

learn about

current

events and

important

information.

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“The findings here indicatethat students may hear of

news through social media,but rely on other internet

sources to confirm it.”(Brown et al., 2016)

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Overall the change in social

media and technology for kids

and teens is that “We’re

communicating more but we’re

not communicating deeply.

That’s the disconnect.” (Bielski, 2013)

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