{"id":3230000,"date":"2024-10-25T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essayshark.com\/blog\/?p=3230000"},"modified":"2024-10-25T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:30:03","slug":"sociology-essay-computer-technologies-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essayshark.com\/examples\/sociology-essay-computer-technologies-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology Essay: Computer Technologies and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are the children now under 12 growing up in a different world than their older college age siblings? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is it different and what does that mean for them?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New information technologies of the 21-st century are not only major drivers of progress, means of communication between nations, companies, universities, a new form of commerce, but also a powerful learning tool. Many children, even in undeveloped countries are addicted to computer games which attract them with dynamic scenes, causing thrilling experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many opportunities to use information technology – from self-assembling sophisticated computer programs to creating your own website, from e-learning to seeing the world’s best collections of museums, libraries, or even to robbing banks. The question arises: how does this amazing artificial world of information affect the human psyche, and children\u2019s psyche in particular? Under what conditions this kind of human activity contributes to personal development, and in which way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Computer Technologies and Children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of differences in the world perception between today\u2019s children and their parents or even older siblings. Children today are getting a lot of information from the Internet, while their parents and older siblings had no such opportunity at all, or it was limited. On one hand – this is an opportunity to get access to the best libraries, art galleries, articles and other artistic and scientific potential of humanity; however, on the other hand, it creates considerable problems in child development. These problems can begin in infancy, when 2-year old child starts playing with parents\u2019 tablet or smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The development of fine motor skills is important for children at this age. Paton (2014) argues that \u201crising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an \u201caddiction\u201d to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naturally parents who live in today\u2019s fast-paced world sometimes even have no time for lunch, and often a tablet or smartphone becomes a rescue from an annoying child. Angry Birds mobile game guarantees an hour of rest for a tired mother. But in the future such education approach will entail great problems with the world perception and with child\u2019s mental and physical development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, according to various studies there are some positive sides of using tablets vs paper sheet. Crescenzi, Jewitt and Price (2014) claimed that iPad can provide and support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n