Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents

By Patti M. Valkenburg, Jochen Peter. 2009

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Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

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The Relationship Between Body Image Concerns, Eating Disorders and Internet Use, Part I: A Review of Empirical Support (2016, background): “First, this age group is the most engaged in terms of social media use (Valkenburg and Peter 2009).”
Relational consequences of compulsive Internet use: a longitudinal study among newlyweds (2011, background): “The authors explained this effect by showing that online communications tend to be more self-disclosing (the Internet-enhanced self-disclosure hypothesis; Valkenburg & Peter, 2009a, 2009b).”
Cultural Differences and Switching of In-Group Sharing Behavior Between an American (Facebook) and a Chinese (Renren) Social Networking Site (2013, background): “Numerous studies have shown that online social networking has been deeply embedded into our daily lives and become a common means for social interaction and communication (e.g., Burke, Marlow, & Lento, 2010; Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007; Valkenburg & Peter, 2007, 2009).”
The effect of social network sites on adolescents' social and academic development: Current theories and controversies (2011, background): “Valkenburg and Peter (2009a) observe two changes in Internet behavior that help explain recent, positive results of SNS.”
Technological addictions and social connectedness: predictor effect of internet addiction, social media addiction, digital game addiction and smartphone addiction on social connectedness (2017, background): “When isolated from the true social environment the individual starts to perceive himself as not being a meaningful part of his relationships (53,54,60).”
The Internet and Adolescent Girls’ Weight Satisfaction and Drive for Thinness (2010, background): “In fact, adolescents have been referred to as the “defining users” of the Internet (Valkenburg and Peter 2009).”
The Role of Social Networking Sites in Early Adolescents’ Social Lives (2016, background): “A second explanation concerns online self-disclosure (Valkenburg & Peter, 2009a).”
Do online social media cut through the constraints that limit the size of offline social networks? (2016, background): “[8,9]) have insisted that the effects have been beneficial in many different ways (for reviews, see [10,11]).”