Digital Youth The Role of Media in Development /

• Main Authors: Subrahmanyam, Kaveri (Author), Smahel, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medicine.; Education.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Developmental psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Developmental Psychology.; Education, general.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.

Youth around the world are fittingly described as digital natives because of their comfort and skill with technological hardware and content. Recent studies indicate that an overwhelming majority of children and teenagers use the Internet, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Equipped with familia...