Digital power
Exploring the effects of social media on children’s spirituality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21272260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen-Marie Yust, Karen‐Marie Yust (0000-0003-0509-5291, Union Presbyterian Seminary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-143 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Children s Spirituality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-436X • E-ISSN: 1469-8455 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1364436x.2014.924908 |
| OpenAlex | W2031467660 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Digital culture is a prominent factor in the formation of children’s identity and relational experiences, with high percentages of children in many countries participating in gaming and social networking activities. Yet little scholarly work has addressed the ways in which various patterns of engagement in digital culture call into question current assumptions about childhood identity formation and relationality and the repercussions of formational and relational shifts on children’s spirituality. This essay explores ways in which digital culture functions as a spiritually enriching force in children’s lives, paying particular attention to the potential value of social networking for children’s spiritual well-being and the ways in which the internet’s positive aspects may mask other, more corrosive, elements.Keywords: spiritualitydigital culturesocial mediachildrenrelational identity Notes1. There are significant cultural differences in defining the age ranges signified by the terms ‘children’ and ‘youth’, and studies of young people’s participation in digital culture use widely divergent age groupings. Therefore, this article uses ‘children’, ‘youth’ and ‘young people’ as interchangeable terms referring persons under the age of 20, in keeping with the international range of the various studies examined
Aesthetics · Developmental psychology · Digital culture · Digital media · Identity formation · Media studies · Political science · Self-concept · Social media · Sociology · Spirituality · The Internet · Computer Science · Educational Methods and Impacts · Gender Studies · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |