Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts

Cognitive Development in Digital Contexts investigates the impact of screen media on key aspects of children and adolescents' cognitive development. Highlighting how screen media impact cognitive development, the book addresses a topic often neglected amid societal concerns about pathological media use and vulnerability to media effects, such as aggression, cyber-bullying and Internet addiction.

It addresses children and adolescents' cognitive development involving their interactions with parents, early language development, imaginary play, attention, memory, and executive control, literacy and academic performance.

Highlights include:

• Covering the impact of digital from both theoretical and practical perspectives
• Investigating effects of digital media on attention, memory, language and executive functioning
• Examining video games, texting, and virtual reality as contexts for learning
• Exploring parent-child interactions around media
• Considering the development of effective educational media
• Addressing media literacy and critical thinking about media
• Considering social policy for increasing access to high quality education media and the Internet
• Providing guidance for parents on navigating children's technology usage