Overview
- Presents timely research on the social and mental health effects of new communication technologies
- Features multidisciplinary perspectives that appeal to a diverse readership
- Highlights important new directions for researchers in an understudied but significant area of public health
Part of the book series: National Symposium on Family Issues (NSFI, volume 9)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Parents’ Role in Children’s Screen Time
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Dating and Mating in the Internet Age
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Technology and Changing Family Ties
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Back Matter
Keywords
- children's media use
- family and communication technologies
- family relationships and media
- couple and family technology framework
- families and technology
- children and social media
- teens and social media
- mental health and technology
- mental health and social media
- relationships and technology
- self-esteem and social media
- well-being and social media
- Internet addiction
About this book
This timely reference takes a rigorous look at the myriad ways technology, from smartphones to dating apps to social media, is affecting family life and opening new areas for study. The book features cross-disciplinary perspectives on current trends in the role of technology in couple and family contexts. It focuses on the roles of parents in monitoring children’s screen time, of technology in relationship formation, and of technology in changing family dynamics. Nuanced coverage considers the emerging conflicts and paradoxes associated with digital family life—closeness versus isolation, children versus parents as experts, and privacy versus surveillance. Contributors also identify new research opportunities as family roles and structures continue to evolve and technology becomes a greater lens for family studies.
Among the topics covered:- How parents manage young children’s mobile media use
- Adolescents as the family technology innovators
- Online dating: changing intimacy one swipe at a time
- Technology in relational systems: roles, rules, and boundaries
- Television “effects” on international family change
- Interplay between families and technology: future investigations
Families and Technology is a valuable resource for researchers and students in the fields of family studies, sociology, marriage and family therapy, social welfare, public health, and psychology. The book also appeals to policymakers and human services personnel dedicated to better understanding the impact of rapidly spreading technologies on families around the globe.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jennifer Van Hook, PhD, is Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography and Director of the Graduate Program in Sociology at Penn State and non-resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. She has expertise in the demographics of immigrant populations and the socioeconomic integration of immigrants and their children. One strand of her work uses demographic methods to estimate the size, characteristics, and dynamics of the unauthorized foreign-born population. Another strand of her work focuses on the health and well-being of immigrants and their children. She is currently co-editor of Demography, the flagship journal for population science.
Susan M. McHale, PhD, is Director of the Social Science Research Institute and Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Professor of Demography at Penn State. Her research focuses on children's and adolescents' family roles, relationships, and daily experiences and how these family dynamics are linked to youth development and adjustment. Dr. McHale’s research highlights family gender dynamics, including how differential family experiences of sisters and brothers are linked to the choices they make in the areas of education, work, and family formation. Dr. McHale also investigates the socio-cultural contexts of family dynamics including how parents’ and youths’ values, practices, and daily experiences have implications for family life and youth adjustment in African American and Mexican American families. Most recently her work has extended to the links between family dynamics, particularly family stressors, and youths’ physical health.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Families and Technology
Editors: Jennifer Van Hook, Susan M. McHale, Valarie King
Series Title: National Symposium on Family Issues
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95540-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95539-1Published: 15 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07054-0Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95540-7Published: 01 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-9157
Series E-ISSN: 2192-9165
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 192
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Family, Developmental Psychology, Demography