Social Media and Technology Across the Lifespan

This book explores social media and technology across the lifespan. The authors argue that those of different ages and life stages have very diverse experiences with these types of media and demonstrate the importance of analysing the entire lifespan in the context of technology use. They acknowledg...

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Other Authors: Machin, Tanya (Editor), Brownlow, Charlotte (Editor), Abel, Susan (Editor), Gilmour, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This book explores social media and technology across the lifespan. The authors argue that those of different ages and life stages have very diverse experiences with these types of media and demonstrate the importance of analysing the entire lifespan in the context of technology use. They acknowledge and celebrate social media for the positives that it can bring to our lives but also recognise that there may be challenges for particular developmental stages. Tanya Machin is Associate Dean in the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Charlotte Brownlow is Associate Dean of the Graduate Research School at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia Susan Abel is a sessional academic in the School of Psychology and Wellbeing at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. John Gilmour is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Criminology) at The University of Queensland, Australia
Physical Description:XIX, 138 p. 6 illus online resource
ISBN:9783030990497