How Digital Technologies Affect the Development of Children
In today's society, the digital technology and its constantly evolving innovation have the biggest influence on the way humans work, learn and live. Digital technologies have already become the most essential component of modern society. Majority of families are equipped with personal computers, smart phones, and other advanced digital gadgets. This is because of its application uses in the field of work, school and entertainment. Digital technologies have become pervasive like air to infiltrate into children’s daily lives, imperceptibly changing children’s growth. The growth of environment had the earth-shaking changes between the children who are growing up in modern society and their parents and grandparents. According to Bittman et al., professors of University of New England and Deakin University, “the current generation of young children has been described as ‘digital natives’, having …show more content…
In other words, Bittman et al. believed that the 21st century’s children grew up in the golden era of digital technologies developed, from the time they were born into this world they were surrounded with various media information and gadgets. Being raised in the environment full of digital technologies will unconsciously influence children’s mind and behavior. Marina Umaschi Bers, associate professor of Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and adjunct associate professor of Computer Science Department at Tufts University, agrees that “in a digital era technology plays a role in most aspects of a child life” (15). Whether it is the characteristics of digital technologies, or the abundant content and participant platform that digital technologies provide, both will have immeasurable positive and negative impact on children’s
In today's society, the digital technology and its constantly evolving innovation have the biggest influence on the way humans work, learn and live. Digital technologies have already become the most essential component of modern society. Majority of families are equipped with personal computers, smart phones, and other advanced digital gadgets. This is because of its application uses in the field of work, school and entertainment. Digital technologies have become pervasive like air to infiltrate into children’s daily lives, imperceptibly changing children’s growth. The growth of environment had the earth-shaking changes between the children who are growing up in modern society and their parents and grandparents. According to Bittman et al., professors of University of New England and Deakin University, “the current generation of young children has been described as ‘digital natives’, having …show more content…
In other words, Bittman et al. believed that the 21st century’s children grew up in the golden era of digital technologies developed, from the time they were born into this world they were surrounded with various media information and gadgets. Being raised in the environment full of digital technologies will unconsciously influence children’s mind and behavior. Marina Umaschi Bers, associate professor of Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and adjunct associate professor of Computer Science Department at Tufts University, agrees that “in a digital era technology plays a role in most aspects of a child life” (15). Whether it is the characteristics of digital technologies, or the abundant content and participant platform that digital technologies provide, both will have immeasurable positive and negative impact on children’s