Annotated Bibliography

Orleans, M., & Laney, M. C. 2000. “Children's computer use in the home: Isolation or sociation?” Social Science Computer Review 18(1): 54- 60.

In this article, the author Orleans and Laney has discussed the development, and access to the Internet in recent times has grown tremendously, and today there are many people. Especially the younger generation was born with it, so after a while because the Internet is something intrinsic in our lives, and their growth is not I can stop. However, similar to the dependence of cell phone, the Internet has made many things better, making more efficient processes, information searches much easier, distance communication in real time, and in particular that has saved a lot of costs sending of messages that was previously only through correspondence. It has also brought many unpleasant things, as all technology does, and is making children's much more comfortable, workless, and accessible to other unpleasant information.

Howard, P., Raine, L., & Jones, S. 2001. “Days and nights on the Internet: The impact of a diffusing technology.” The American Behavioral Scientist 45(3): 383-404.

Nowadays, children use Internet more than ever. Some of the children rarely use the Internet, and others use it every day. Howard, Raine, and Jones presented their study in 2001 that the Internet network is not a very sheltered world anymore. Many crimes happen online especially if the user is not using the Internet right. On the other hand, Internet can be very educational and useful. Today, children are obsessed with technology and, if parents do not teach them how to use the Internet, children will learn how to use it by themselves. Nonetheless, children might learn how to use the Internet but, they need someone to lead them to the right way of using it. Internet has many inappropriate and harmful contents for children and some parents are not aware of that. I believe that this problem should be spread around parents because this cases it worse than many people think. Internet has many positive and negative contents and parents have the responsibilities of guiding the children to the good use of it.

Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, Ellen J. Parental Mediation of Children's Internet Use. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. (2008): pp98-99.

In 2008, Livingstone, Sonia and Helsper, and Ellen in their article explained the Internet use of children and teenagers and parental control on their activities. Currently, Internet popularity is vastly increasing, Children and teenagers use it more than ever; however, there are many inappropriate contents online and many parents are not aware of the situation. The Internet network can be much more harmful than what many parents think. Children always want to experience and discover what they are not allowed to such as harmful contents online. Thus, many parents underestimate children's desire to look at these contents. According to Chang-Hoan, “This study found that parents underestimate their children's exposure to harmful Internet content. This finding suggests that children are more exposed to harmful Internet content than what parents expect. It implies that ...