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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2015. Vol. 4, no. 1, 45–64
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Internet in the lives of children and adolescents: problems and resources

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A.B. Sorokina

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Abstract

The article describes a problem of training and personality development of adolescents as regular Internet-users and, namely , social networkers. It discusses two commonly studied questions, concerning the use of data resources: children and young people in social networks and online technologies in teaching. The main aspects discussed in the article are: the issues related to modalities of development of communication skills, security, risk of adolescents’ Internet addiction and the role of social networking in training.

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Keywords: networking, Internet, computer technology in education, ciber-psychology.

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Sorokina A.B. Internet in the lives of children and adolescents: problems and resources [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2015. Vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 45–64. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Aleksandra B. Sorokina, The second school, e-mail: alex.murpfy@gmail.com

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