Child and Digital Technology An unrealized revolution
Abstract
For the first time in the history of human existence, a decisive shift in the socio-technological environment could occur in the Western civilization in the 1990s- 2000s. The main characteristic of this period is the fact that children have a greater understanding and knowledge of digital technologies and the virtual spaces generated from them than many adults. This fact contributes to the acquisition of important skills and ways of thinking on the part of children in new media that are directly related to the structure of the rapidly developing new culture. This article will attempt to study this phenomenon, which could cause a shift in the balance between the two generations. Based on this hypothesis, the relationship between adults and children will be studied, and especially whether the emphasis on the part of adults is placed on the child as an individual or on his/her education.
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Santorineos, M. (2023). Child and Digital Technology: An unrealized revolution. Αutomaton: Journal of Digital Media and Culture, 2(2), 13–34. https://doi.org/10.12681/automaton.35470
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