Impact and Role of Digital Technologies in Adolescent Lives
Impact and Role of Digital Technologies in Adolescent Lives

Author: Malik, Shaveta

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2021-11-26

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1799883205

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Digital technology covers digital information in every form. The world lives in an information age in which massive amounts of data are being produced to improve our daily lives. This intelligent digital network incorporates interconnected people, robots, gadgets, content, and services all determined by digital transformation. The role of digital technologies in children’s, adolescent’s, and young adult’s lives is significantly increasing across the world. New and emerging devices and services promise to make their lives easier as they create new ways of connecting, creating, and relaxing. They also promise to support learning at home and school by enabling ready access to information and new and exciting pathways for young people to follow their interests. Yet, alongside these conveniences come trade-offs with implications for privacy, safety, health, and well-being. Impact and Role of Digital Technologies in Adolescent Lives provides a deeper understanding of how digital technologies impact the lives of children, adolescents, and young adults; this includes the navigation of developmental tasks and the issues faced when utilizing these technologies. Covering topics such as adolescent stress, cyberbullying, intellectual disabilities, mental health, obesity, social media, and mindfulness practices, this text is essential for sociologists, psychologists, media analysts, technologists, academicians, researchers, students, non-government and government organizations, and professors.

Technology and Adolescent Health
Technology and Adolescent Health

Author: Megan A. Moreno

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-03-20

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 012817319X

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Technology and Adolescent Health: In Schools and Beyond discusses how today's adolescents are digital natives, using technology at home and in school to access information, for entertainment, to socialize and do schoolwork. This book summarizes research on how technology use impacts adolescent mental health, sleep, physical activity and eating habits. In addition, it identifies monitoring and screening technology-based tools for use with adolescents.

Digital Youth
Digital Youth

Author: Kaveri Subrahmanyam

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-11-02

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1441962786

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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 familiarity and unprecedented access, it is no wonder that adolescents consume, create, and share copious amounts of content. But is there a cost? Digital Youth: The Role of Media in Development recognizes the important role of digital tools in the lives of teenagers and presents both the risks and benefits of these new interactive technologies. From social networking to instant messaging to text messaging, the authors create an informative and relevant guidebook that goes beyond description to include developmental theory and implications. Also woven throughout the book is an international sensitivity and understanding that clarifies how, despite the widespread popularity of digital communication, technology use varies between groups globally. Other specific topics addressed include: Sexuality on the Internet. Online identity and self-presentation. Morality, ethics, and civic engagement. Technology and health. Violence, cyberbullying, and victimization. Excessive Internet use and addictive behavior. This comprehensive volume is a must-have reference for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students across such disciplines as developmental/clinical child/school psychology, social psychology, media psychology, medical and allied health professions, education, and social work.

Teenagers and Technology
Teenagers and Technology

Author: Chris Davies

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0415684587

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Teenagers and Technology offers a positive overview of how technology affects the lives of young people.

The Promise of Adolescence
The Promise of Adolescence

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2019-07-26

Total Pages: 493

ISBN-13: 0309490111

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Adolescenceâ€"beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€"is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescenceâ€"rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish.

Technology and Adolescent Mental Health
Technology and Adolescent Mental Health

Author: Megan A. Moreno

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 3319696386

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This comprehensive book provides a framework for healthcare providers working with the dual challenges and opportunities presented by the intersection of mental health and technology. Technology and Adolescent Mental Health provides recent, evidence-based approaches that are applicable to clinical practice and adolescent care, with each chapter including a patient case illustrating key components of the chapter contents. Early chapters address the epidemiology of mental health, while the second section of the book deals with how both offline and online worlds affect mental health, presenting both positive and negative outcomes, and focusing on special populations of at-risk adolescents. The third section of the book focuses on technology uses for observation, diagnosis or screening for mental health conditions. The final section highlights promising future approaches to technology, and tools for improving intervention and treatment for mental health concerns and illnesses. This book will be a key resource for pediatricians, family physicians, internal medicine providers, adolescent medicine and psychiatry specialists, psychologists, social workers, as well as any other healthcare providers working with adolescents and mental health care.

Affective Neuroscience
Affective Neuroscience

Author: Jaak Panksepp

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-09-30

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 019802567X

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Some investigators have argued that emotions, especially animal emotions, are illusory concepts outside the realm of scientific inquiry. However, with advances in neurobiology and neuroscience, researchers are demonstrating that this position is wrong as they move closer to a lasting understanding of the biology and psychology of emotion. In Affective Neuroscience, Jaak Panksepp provides the most up-to-date information about the brain-operating systems that organize the fundamental emotional tendencies of all mammals. Presenting complex material in a readable manner, the book offers a comprehensive summary of the fundamental neural sources of human and animal feelings, as well as a conceptual framework for studying emotional systems of the brain. Panksepp approaches emotions from the perspective of basic emotion theory but does not fail to address the complex issues raised by constructionist approaches. These issues include relations to human consciousness and the psychiatric implications of this knowledge. The book includes chapters on sleep and arousal, pleasure and fear systems, the sources of rage and anger, and the neural control of sexuality, as well as the more subtle emotions related to maternal care, social loss, and playfulness. Representing a synthetic integration of vast amounts of neurobehavioral knowledge, including relevant neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neurochemistry, this book will be one of the most important contributions to understanding the biology of emotions since Darwins The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Considerations on Cyber Behavior and Mass Technology in Modern Society
Considerations on Cyber Behavior and Mass Technology in Modern Society

Author: Beneventi, Paolo

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-01-30

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1668482304

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In our fast-paced, technology-driven world, there is a strong sense of untapped potential and unfulfilled promises. People today possess an unprecedented amount of power through their technological gadgets but often remain unaware of how to wield it effectively. This lack of understanding and agency leads to a plethora of societal problems, from passive consumerism to environmental degradation, fostering a sense of helplessness. Considerations of Cyber Behavior and Mass Technology in Modern Society offer a comprehensive solution to this pressing issue. It is a scholarly beacon, guiding academic scholars and critical thinkers toward a profound reassessment of our relationship with technology and society. By delving into the intricate web of topics such as active citizenship, global information production, and the coexistence of consumer technology and freedom, our book presents an opportunity to explore the root causes of our modern-day challenges.

Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Education
Machine Learning and the Internet of Things in Education

Author: John Bush Idoko

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-09-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 3031429249

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This book is designed to provide rich research hub for researchers, teachers, and students to ease research hassle/challenges. The book is rich and comprehensive enough to provide answers to frequently asked research questions because the content of the book touches several disciplines cutting across computing, engineering, medicine, education, and sciences in general. The rich multidisciplinary contents of the book promise to leave all users satisfied. The valuable features in the book include but not limited to: demonstration of mathematical expressions for implementation of machine learning models, integration of learning techniques, and projection of future AI and IoT technologies. These technologies will enable systems to be simulative, predictive, and self-operating smart systems. The primary audience of the book include but not limited to researchers, teachers, and postgraduate and undergraduate students in computing, engineering, medicine, education, and science fields.

Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems
Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems

Author: Fadi Al-Turjman

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2024-03-26

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0443132747

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Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems provides readers with a guide to understanding the dynamics of AI, Machine Learning, and Computational Intelligence in Blockchain, and how these rapidly developing technologies are revolutionizing a variety of interdisciplinary research fields and applications. The book examines the role of Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning in the development of algorithms to deploy Blockchain technology across a number of applications, including healthcare, insurance, smart grid, smart contracts, digital currency, precision agriculture, and supply chain. The authors cover the unique and developing intersection between cyber security and Blockchain in modern networks, as well as in-depth studies on cyber security challenges and multidisciplinary methods in modern Blockchain networks. Readers will find mathematical equations throughout the book as part of the underlying concepts and foundational methods, especially the complex algorithms involved in Blockchain security aspects for hashing, coding, and decoding. Computational Intelligence and Blockchain in Complex Systems provides readers with the most in-depth technical guide to the intersection of Computational Intelligence and Blockchain, two of the most important technologies for the development of next generation complex systems. - Covers the research issues and concepts of machine learning technology in blockchain - Provides in-depth information about handling and managing personal data by machine learning methods in blockchain - Helps readers understand the links between computational intelligence, blockchain, complex systems, and developing secure applications in multidisciplinary sectors