1st Edition

Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence Positive and Negative Aspects of Online Social Interaction

Edited By Nejra Van Zalk, Claire P. Monks Copyright 2020
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides an in-depth insight into what is currently known and relatively unknown about youths’ online peer engagement. It delivers state-of-the-art current reviews of the literature in the field, with a strong coverage of methodological issues in studying online friendships and an emphasis on moving towards a new, less dichotomic, view of online peer interaction in adolescence. With... Read more

1. Online Peer Engagement in Adolescence: Moving Away from "Good vs. Bad" to Brave New Frameworks

(Nejra Van Zalk)

2. Buddies, Friends, and Followers: The evolution of online friendships

Joanna C. Yau and Stephanie M. Reich

3. Adolescent online friendships: The poor get poorer, or the rich get richer?

Barry H. Schneider, Yair Amichai-Hamburger and Antonia Lonigro

4. Is Online Peer Engagement Bad for All Youth All of the Time? The Benefits and Perils of Online Peer Interactions

Sonya Negriff and Kaveri Subrahmanyam

5. Cyberbullying: A changing phenomenon

Jose A. Casas, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz and Claire P. Monks

6. Links between Online Communication and Compulsive Internet Use in Adolescence: Is There a Reason to Worry?

Nejra Van Zalk and Seung Ha Lee

7. Cyberdating Abuse And Sexting In Adolescence 

Virginia Sánchez-Jiménez, Mónica Ojeda Pérez, Noelia Muñoz Fernández and Rosario Del Rey

8. "Digital Adolescence": The Effects of Smartphones and Social Networking Technologies on Adolescents’ Well-Being

Yaakov Ophir, Hananel Rosenberg, Yuliya Lipshits-Braziler and Yair Amichai-Hamburger

9. Applying Developmental Theory to Adolescent Peer Influence Processes in the Social Media Context

Sophia Choukas-Bradley and Jacqueline Nesi

10. Adolescent Relationships in a Digital Age: What Do We Know and Where Does the Future Lie?

Claire P. Monks and Nejra Van Zalk

Biography

Nejra Van Zalk is a developmental psychologist at Imperial College London, focusing on human-technology interaction and its impacts on mental health across the life-span.

Claire P. Monks is a developmental psychologist at the University of Greenwich, focusing on young people’s peer relationships.