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4 - Cyber Behavior for Child and Adolescent Development

from Part I - Users in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Hui Li ,
Fuxing Wang  and
Kaveri Subrahmanyam
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

  1.1 Overview of the Chapter

2 Cyber Behaviors Related to Entertainment and Learning

  2.1 Early Research on Cyber Behaviors Related to Entertainment and Learning

  2.2 Current Research on Cyber Behaviors Related to Entertainment and Learning

    2.2.1 Vocabulary Learning

    2.2.2 STEM Learning

    2.2.3 Transfer from Touchscreen to Non-Cyber Environments

3 Implications of Cyber Behaviors Centered on Communication

  3.1 Early Research on Cyber Behaviors Related to Communication

  3.2 Current Research on Cyber Behaviors Related to Communication

4 The Implications of Multitasking

 4.1 The Implications of Multitasking for Learning and Cognition

  4.2 Multitasking and Well-being

  4.3 Individual Differences Relating to Multitasking Behavior

5 Future Direction

Acknowledgment

Keywords

childadolescentcommunicationlearningmultitaskingtouchscreenvideo gamessocial mediadigital mediawell-being
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cyber Behavior , pp. 97 - 130
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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