The Handbook of Internet Studies

2011/04/01 by Livingstone, Sonia · 162 citations
Social Sciences · Psychology · #Social Media and Politics #Digital Games and Media #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #The Internet #Computer science #Psychology #World Wide Web

paper · open access · doi:10.1002/9781444314861

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Abstract

In late modernity, ‘self-actualisation is understood in terms of a balance between opportunity and risk’ (Giddens, 1991: 78). For the first generation to fully experience the internet in industrialised countries, negotiating this balance has fast become integral to growing up. Framing this is a story of ‘great expectations’, circulated among both parents and children, and strongly fostered by governments and business. But what fuels these expectations? Are they being realised? What are the real benefits of using the internet? Or the risks?

Citations

• Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide
• Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
• In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development.

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