Families and Technology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Van Hook, Jennifer (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), McHale, Susan M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), King, Valarie (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: National Symposium on Family Issues, 9
• Subjects: Families.; Families-Social aspects.; Developmental psychology.; Demography.; Family.; Developmental Psychology.

This timely reference takes a rigorous look at the myriad ways technology, from smartphones to dating apps to social media, is affecting family life and opening new areas for study. The book features cross-disciplinary perspectives on current trends in the role of technology in couple and family con...

Table of Contents:

• How Parents Manage Young Children's Mobile Media Use
• Adolescents as the Family Technology Innovators
• Families and Technologies in an Era of Migration
• Online Dating: Changing Intimacy One Swipe at a Time
• Technology in Relational Systems: Roles, Rules, and Boundaries
• Are Tinder and Dating Apps Changing Dating and Mating in the U.S.?
• Television "Effects" on International Family Change
• Did Mobile Phones Increase Adult Children's Maternal Contact?
• Mental Health Risk with Social Media Use: "REAL" Communication
• Interplay Between Families and Technology: Future Investigations.