"Turkle (1995) described how the Internet allows users to create and test new identities in a safer place than the offline would as well as how self-presentation online can help users better understand their offline selves"
"If younger children are using social media in these ways, these actives could shape cognitive, social, and emotional development, with more opportunities for younger children to engage in tasks traditionally reserved for adolescents and adults."
Blackwell, C., Lauricella, A., Conway, A., & Wartella, E. (2014). Children and the Internet: Development Implications of Web SIte Preferences Among 8- to 12 Year-Old Children. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Meddia, 58(1), 1-20
"If younger children are using social media in these ways, these actives could shape cognitive, social, and emotional development, with more opportunities for younger children to engage in tasks traditionally reserved for adolescents and adults."
Blackwell, C., Lauricella, A., Conway, A., & Wartella, E. (2014). Children and the Internet: Development Implications of Web SIte Preferences Among 8- to 12 Year-Old Children. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Meddia, 58(1), 1-20