Adolescent Perceptions of Social Media in a Pacific Rim Community

Adolescents are major consumers of interactive technologies (e.g., cell phones, social media). They are motivated to use these technologies to maintain their social relationships in a convenient and private way. The private nature and ease of connectivity afforded by interactive technology has resulted in various parental concerns (e.g., victimization, content) about adolescent technology use. To mitigate these parental concerns, some parents have begun to implement parental mediation strategies. Research has primarily focused on describing the different parental mediation techniques parents implement, parent and adolescent perceptions of parental mediation, and potential barriers to the implementation of parental mediation.

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Small becomes big, fast: Adolescent perceptions of how social media features escalate online conflict to offline violence

Children and Youth Services Review ◽

10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105898 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105898

Author(s):

Caitlin Elsaesser ◽

Desmond Upton Patton ◽

Emily Weinstein ◽

Jacqueline Santiago ◽

Ayesha Clarke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Adolescent Perceptions

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Parental Mediation of Adolescent Technology Use

Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications - Advances in Multimedia and Interactive Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7601-3.ch039 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 488-498 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Mitchell Vaterlaus

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Relationships ◽

Technology Use ◽

Cell Phones ◽

Parental Mediation ◽

Interactive Technology ◽

Interactive Technologies ◽

Potential Barriers ◽

Parental Concerns ◽

Adolescent Perceptions

Adolescents are major consumers of interactive technologies (e.g., cell phones, social media). They are motivated to use these technologies to maintain their social relationships in a convenient and private way. The private nature and ease of connectivity afforded by interactive technology has resulted in various parental concerns (e.g., victimization, content) about adolescent technology use. To mitigate these parental concerns, some parents have begun to implement parental mediation strategies. Research has primarily focused on describing the different parental mediation techniques parents implement, parent and adolescent perceptions of parental mediation, and potential barriers to the implementation of parental mediation.

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