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Chapter 111
Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior
This expression is used to describe the meaning of mobile phones for parents, as a tool for extending parental control outside the domestic environment and for keeping track of children’s movements ( Caron & Caronia, 2007 ; Ling, 2004 AU59: The citation "Ling, 2004" matches multiple references. Please add letters (e.g. "Smith 2000a"), or additional authors to the citation, to uniquely match references and citations. ).
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Children, Risks, and the Mobile Internet
Giovanna Mascheroni (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy) and Leslie Haddon (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8239-9.ch111
Abstract
This article examines young people's use of smartphones, with a particular focus on opportunities and risks related to the mobile internet. Drawing on a review of mobile phones literature and internet studies, the article examines the emergence of a new research agenda in the study of children and mobile communication and outlines relevant empirical evidence of changes associated with smartphones.
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