Handbook of Children and Screens : Digital Media, Development, and Well-Being from Birth Through Adolescence / edited by Dimitri A. Christakis, Lauren Hale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christakis, Dimitri A., author.

Contributor:

Hale, Lauren.

Series:

Behavioral Science and Psychology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games and children.

Digital media--Psychological aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

This open access handbook synthesizes the current research about the impacts of digital media on children across development. Drawing on the expertise of scientists and researchers as well as clinicians and practitioners, the book summarizes research through interdisciplinary expert reviews. First, it addresses the cognitive, physical, mental, and psychosocial impacts on infants, children, and adolescents. Next, the book explores how media influences relationships, family, culture, and society. Finally, it examines the impacts of specific digital domains pertinent to youth, including education technology, video gaming, and emerging technologies. Chapters employ a parallel structure, including background on the topic, summary of the current state of the research, future research directions, and recommendations for relevant stakeholders. The volume examines the timely issue of optimal child development in an increasingly digital age, offering innovative approaches to establish a solid and robust scientific foundation for this field of study as well as evidence-based action for adults who support positive youth development. Key areas of coverage include: • Cognition and brain development. • Physical and mental health. • Problematic uses of the internet. • Race. • Gender and sexuality. • Parenting in the digital age. • Cyberbullying and digital cruelty. • Media policy. The Handbook of Children and Screens is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, educators, and related professionals in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, social work, public health, epidemiology, neuroscience, human development and family studies, social psychology, sociology, and communication. This is an open access book.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Global Perspectives on Youth and the Digital Environment: Learnings from Majority World Countries

Part I. Research Concerning Cognitive, Physical, Mental, and Psychosocial Impacts on Children

Digital Media, Cognition, and Brain Development

Chapter 3. Introduction to the Section on Digital Media, Cognition, and Brain Development

Chapter 4. Digital Media, Cognition, and Brain Development in Infancy and Childhood

Chapter 5. Digital Media, Cognition, and Brain Development in Adolescence

Chapter 6. The Short- and Long-Term Effects of Media Multitasking and Digital Distraction

Chapter 7. Digital Media Use and Language Development in Early Childhood

Chapter 8. Screen Media and Children’s Imagination, Creativity, and Play

Chapter 9. Screen Media and Neural, Learning, and Developmental Differences

Physical Health and Digital Media

Chapter 10. Introduction to the Section on Screens and Physical Health

Chapter 11. Digital Screen Media Use, Movement Behaviors, and Child Health

Chapter 12. Screen Media, Obesity, and Nutrition

Chapter 13. Digital Food Marketing and Young People’s Health and Well-Being

Chapter 14. Portrayals of Harmful Products in Digital Media: Corporate Influences on Adolescent Health

Chapter 15. What Is Known About the Link Between Screens and Sleep Health

Chapter 16. Screen Use, Physical Injuries, and Orthopedic Health

Chapter 17. Screens and Ocular Health

Mental Health and Digital Media

Chapter 18. Introduction to the Section on Mental Health and Digital Media

Chapter 19. Youth and Anxiety: Is It Time to Unplug from Screens?

Chapter 20. Screen Media and Depression

Chapter 21. Media Influences on Self-Harm, Suicidality, and Suicide

Chapter 22. Social Media and Youth Mental Health: A Departure from the Status Quo

Chapter 23. Social Media Use, Body Image Concerns, and Disordered Eating Among Adolescents

Chapter 24. Identifying Risk for Mental Health Problems Related to Social Media: Who Is Most at Risk?

Chapter 25. Leveraging Digital Media to Promote Youth Mental Health: Prevention of Mental Health Problems Related to Media

Chapter 26. Digital Therapeutics in Child Psychiatry: Harnessing Technology to Treat Pediatric Mental Health

Problematic Use of the Internet in Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 27. Introduction to the Section on Problematic Use of the Internet in Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 28. A General Perspective of Problematic Internet Use

Chapter 29. Problematic Social Media Use in Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 30. Gaming Disorder Among Children and Adolescents

Chapter 31. Dysregulated Use of Mobile/Smart Phones

Chapter 32. Treatment and Prevention of Internet Use Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Well-Being on Social Media: Enhancing Positive Communication, Relationships, and Identity

Chapter 33. Introduction to the Sectionon Well-Being on Social Media: Enhancing Positive Communication, Relationships, and Identity

Chapter 34. Adolescent Online Communication Practices in a Digital World

Chapter 35. Youth Digital Well-Being and Social Connectedness

Chapter 36. Empathy, Kindness, and Dignity in a Connected World

Chapter 37. Youth and Popular Culture: Parasocial Relationships and Fandom

Chapter 38. Online Self-Presentation and Identity: Insights from Diverse and Marginalized Youth

Chapter 39. Youth Engagement in Participatory Politics: Understanding and Supporting Civic Engagement in the Social Media Era

Part II: Research on How Media Influence Relationships, Family, Culture, and Society

Race, Racism, and Digital Media

Chapter 40. Introduction to the Section on Race, Racism, and Digital Media

Chapter 41. Structural Racism in Tech: Social Media Platforms, Algorithmic Bias, and Racist Tech

Chapter 42. Is Social Media Increasing Risk for Mental Health Problems Among Youth? It’s Complicated

Chapter 43. Online Racism and Its Impact on Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults of Color

Chapter 44. Video Games and Race

Chapter 45. Participation of Marginalized Youth in Designing a Machine Learning-Based Model to Identify Child Abuse and Neglect

Chapter 46. The Health Benefits of Imagination in Virtual Reality for Black Youth: Radical and Untethered

Chapter 47. The Past, Present, and Future of Challenging Racism with Digital Tools: Online Resistance

Gender, Sexuality and Digital Media

Chapter 48. Introduction to the Section on Gender, Sexuality, and Digital Media

Chapter 49. Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Youth Media

Chapter 50. Pornography Use During Adolescence: The Current State of Knowledge and Recommendations

Chapter 51. Sexual Health Information Online

Chapter 52. Online Sexual Communication and Partner Seeking Among Adolescents

Chapter 53. It’s Not Just Sexting: Adolescents’ Experiences with Sending, Receiving, and Disseminating Their Own and Their Peers’ Nude Images

Chapter 54. Gender and Sexuality: LGBTQIA+ Youth Experience

Parenting in the Digital Age

Chapter 55. Introduction to the Section on Parenting in the Digital Age

Chapter 56. Media and Parenting: Current Findings and Future Directions

Chapter 57. Parenting Young Children in the Age of Digital Media: The Importance of Human-to-Human Interaction

Chapter 58. Parenting and Screens During Middle Childhood

Chapter 59. Parenting and Screens in Adolescence: Moving Beyond Restriction to Promote Digital Resilience and Well-Being

Chapter 60. “Technoference” in Parenting and Impacts on Parent-Child Relationships and Child Development

Chapter 61. Family Systems Theory in the Digital Age: Reifying the Digital Level of Analysis

Cyberbullying and Digital Cruelty

Chapter 62. Introduction to the Section on Cyberbullying and Digital Cruelty

Chapter 63. Cyberbullying and Social Media

Chapter 64. Impact of Digital Cruelty on Self-Esteem and Body Image

Chapter 65. Criminological, Psychological, and Human Developmental Attributions of Pandemic-Induced Strain and Digital Cruelty

Chapter 66. Online Hate Speech Among Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Recommendations

Media Policy

Chapter 67. Introduction to the Section on Media Policy

Chapter 68. Digital Policy Trends: Regulations, Interventions and Policy Solutions

Chapter 69. Distinguishing Credible from Sham: Supporting Young People to Navigate Online

Chapter 70. Children’s Privacy in the Digital Age: US and UK Experiences and Policy Responses

Chapter 71. Bridging America’s Homework Gap by Closing the Digital Divide

Part III: Digital Domains

Education Technology

Chapter 72. Introduction to the Section on Education Technology

Chapter 73: The State of Educational Technology Research and Practice

Chapter 74. Education Technology During the Pandemic and Future Emergencies

Chapter 75. Digital Ethics and Equity in K-12 Blended and Online Learning

Chapter 76. The Importance of Digital Media Literacy

Chapter 77. The Explosion of Ed Tech: Can Its Promise Be Fulfilled?

Chapter 78. Children, Education, and Technologies: Current Debates, Key Concerns, Future Directions Around Data Privacy, Surveillance, and Datafication

Video Gaming, Violent Video Games, and Gambling

Chapter 79. Online Gaming, Violent Behaviors, and Gambling in Youth

Chapter 80. Violent Video Games and Aggression

Chapter 81. Video Gaming Among Children and Adolescents

Chapter 82. Gaming Convergences with Other Digital Technologies

Chapter 83. Online Gambling in Youth

Emerging Technologies

Chapter 84. Introduction to the Section on Emerging Technologies

Chapter 85. Growing Up with Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for Child Development

Chapter 86. Children’s Understanding and Use of Voice Assistants: Opportunities and Challenges

Chapter 87. Social Robots and Children’s Development: Promises and Implications

Chapter 88. Navigating the Impacts of Virtual Reality on Real Children and Families: Immersive Horizons

Chapter 89. Extended Reality-Based Assistive Technology Interventions with Children: Opportunities and Recommendations

Chapter 90. Children’s Understanding of Digital Tracking and Digital Privacy.

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ISBN:

9783031693625

3031693620

OCLC:

1481791625