Behind Their Screens What Teens are Facing (and Adults Are Missing)

Emily Weinstein, Carrie James

eAudio - 2022

How teens navigate a networked world and how adults can support themWhat are teens actually doing on their smartphones? Contrary to many adults' assumptions, they are not simply "addicted" to their screens, oblivious to the afterlife of what they post, or missing out on personal connection. They are just trying to navigate a networked world. In Behind Their Screens, Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, Harvard researchers who are experts on teens and technology, explore the complexities that teens face in their digital lives, and suggest that many adult efforts to help—"Get off your phone!" "Just don't sext!"—fall short.Weinstein and James warn against a single-minded focus by adults on "screen ...time." Teens worry about dependence on their devices, but disconnecting means being out of the loop socially, with absence perceived as rudeness or even a failure to be there for a struggling friend. Drawing on a multiyear project that surveyed more than 3,500...

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Published
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
Main Authors
Emily Weinstein, Carrie James
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size192 GB
Parts8
ISBN9798200906550
Release Date9/9/2022
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size191 GB
ISBN9798200906550
Release Date9/9/2022