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The current generation of adolescents were born into an omnipresent digital world in which offline and online societal and cultural contexts can influence one's developing sense of belonging and identity. Rapid technological advancements, such as widespread adoption of smartphones, streaming technologies, and online influencers, have changed the way adolescents have been primed and groomed to adapt to the shifting environment. As the field of digital media and social technologies continues to grow, the attention to digital divides becomes less about access to digital technologies and more about how young populations use these technologies in healthy (or unhealthy) ways. By 2013, the vast majority of youth had access to the Internet, including Black (92%), Hispanic (88%), and even youth in low-income neighborhoods (89%; Madden et al., 2013). However, the scholarly reporting of cultural, racial, and economic differences in digital media use typically covers access to the Internet, mobile phones, and favorite social media sites rather than how youth from different marginalized groups actually use technology. To date, most research has been conducted on White and college samples (Zhang

Author

Linda Charmaraman; J. Maya Hernandez; Rachel Hodes

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2022

Language

EN