Friend or Foe

Victor C. Strasburger; Marjorie Hogan

doi:10.5771/9781475855173

Summary

Social media – friend or foe? The answer is complicated and this volume – written by several of the experts in the field – is designed to provide some answers. With every new medium, questions arise about positive versus negative effects. So it is with social media. Topics covered include positive and negative aspects of social media, cyberbullying, sexting, conspiracy theories, media literacy, do social media contribute to ADHD, and should teachers “friend” their students. This is the third and last volume in the MASTERS OF MEDIA series, and like its predecessors, it is designed to provide at least a few answers to this issue and guidance to teachers, administrators, and parents who want and need answers.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-5515-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-5517-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 138
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
1. When Social Media Are Prosocial No access
2. Risks of Social Media No access
3. Social Media Revelations No access
4. Identifying the Benefits, Reducing the Harm of Social Media No access
5. References for Part 1 No access
1. Social Media and Special Populations No access
2. References No access
1. Life Before Digital Technology No access
2. Social Media Is Born No access
3. Social Media—Obliterating Boundaries No access
4. Teachers and Social Media No access
5. There’s No Such Thing as Privacy Online No access
6. What Students Need from Teachers No access
7. What Grown-Ups Do for Students No access
8. To Friend or Not to Friend—Guidelines for Teachers Using Social Media No access
9. Making a Difference No access
10. Suggested Reading No access
11. References No access
1. What Is Cyberbullying? No access
2. Online Disinhibition No access
3. Prevalence of Cyberbullying in the United States No access
4. Risk Factors of Cyberbullying Victimization and Perpetration No access
5. Efforts of Prevention No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. The Origins of Sexting No access
2. More and More Teens Are Sexting No access
3. Child Development Experts Recognize Sexting a Part of Teenage Development and Changing Social Norms No access
4. How Sexting Became Child Pornography No access
5. The State Legislative Response to Sexting No access
6. Toward a Harm Reduction and Not a Risk Reduction Policy No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. What is a CONSPIRACY Theory? No access
2. The Internet is the Key to Transmission No access
3. The Role of Cultivation Theory No access
4. “Wag the Dog” Experiment (Mulligan & Habel, 2013) No access
5. Solutions No access
6. Further Reading No access
7. References No access
1. An Update No access
2. Save the World? No access
3. Media Literacy’s Connections to Other Subjects No access
4. Media Arts Production No access
5. Final Thought No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
8. Recommended Resources No access
1. Does Social Media Contribute to ADHD? No access
2. References No access
1. About the Editors No access