The use of social media has gained a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media. However, general concerns exist among the public, community, schools, and administration that online social communication may pose more threats than benefits to adolescents. Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior: Relationship Formation on the Internet identifies the role and function of shared contact behavior of youth on the Web. With expert international contributions, this publication provides a deep understanding on various issues of adolescent Internet use with an emphasis on diverse aspects of social and cognitive development, communication characteristics, and modes of communication.
Author(s): Robert Zheng, Clifford Drew
Edition: 1
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 280
Title......Page 2
List of Reviewers......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgment......Page 19
Toward an Integrated Conceptual Framework of Research in Teen Online Communication......Page 22
Internet Affordances and Teens’ Social Communication: From Diversification to Bonding......Page 35
Unravelling the Web: Adolescents and Internet Addiction......Page 50
Connected at any Cost: Adolescent Developmental Needs and Online Relationship Formation......Page 71
The Internet and Adolescent Sexual Identity......Page 90
The Role of Law in Adolescent Online Social Communication and Behavior......Page 106
Do High School Students Benefit from the Children’s Internet Protection Act?......Page 124
Effects of Motives for Internet Use, Aloneness, and Age Identity Gratifications on Online Social Behaviors and Social Support among Adolescents......Page 141
Fear for Online Adolescents: Isolation, Contagion, and Sexual Solicitation......Page 157
Identifying Risk Factors and Enhancing Protective Factors to Prevent Adolescent Victimization on the Internet......Page 173
Millenials, Social Networking and Social Responsibility......Page 188
Cyberbullying Internationally Increasing: New Challenges in the Technology Generation......Page 204
Misconceptions About Being Digital......Page 223
Language Learning and Social Communication Using Chat Rooms......Page 244
Compilation of References......Page 255
About the Contributors......Page 288
Index......Page 293
