Children and young people’s use of digital technologies

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Digital Communication
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Executive Summary
The report has helped in analysing the different kinds of disadvantages and advantages of
usage of the social media on the youths and children in the present scenario. The main aim
and purpose of the report helps in analysis of the different age groups along with different
privacy regulations that has to be adopted by the different websites in restricting the usage of
the same by the children.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Overview of Digital Technologies.............................................................................................3
Age Group..............................................................................................................................4
Legal Restrictions or Policies relevant for Children or Young Generation...............................5
Types of Technologies or Platforms used in Case Study.......................................................6
Restrictions on Children for Usage of Social Media Websites..................................................6
Rise of digital technologies transformed cultures of youth or childhood..................................7
Reflective Experience as a Youth on usage of Social Media.....................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Topic 4- Children and young people’s use of digital technologies
Introduction
The report helps in analysis of the effect of the digital technologies among the young
people and children. The ethical and methodological challenges have to be identified on
analysis of the effect of the usage of the digital technologies by the children or the entire
young generation. Furthermore, the focus has to be kept on a specific age group that will help
in analysing the different kind of legal restrictions that has to be adopted to this kind of
children or the young people. The analysis of the kind of platforms or technologies has to be
identified that will be discussed in the respective case study.
Overview of Digital Technologies
In the present scenario, the social media networks and sites are developing at a great
and huge pace and this is being used by different individuals in various parts of the world as
well. Furthermore, it has been noticed that the usage of the social media or the digital
technologies that includes the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram along with WhatsApp has
become very popular among the young generation and there are different individuals who do
not have control on themselves and they are being addicted to social media as well.
Furthermore, it has been noticed that in many colleges along with universities, the
students are carrying their cell phones and they are surfing Facebook along with other social
networking sites and not attending the class. Newman, (2017) has commented that the high
usage of internet and digital technologies are linked with high amount of risks as well.
Furthermore, Lamberton & Stephen, (2016) has commented that nearly two third of the
students used social media networking sites while completing their homework and in class
they could not able to answer the simple questions and this led to huge negative marking in
their different subjects as well.