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A média hatása a szociális viselkedésre és a társas kapcsolatok alakulására serdülőkorban
The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behaviour and Social Relationships in Adolescence

Author(s): Anikó Zsolnai
Subject(s): Media studies, Social psychology and group interaction, Behaviorism, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: social behaviour; Internet; adolescence;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to synthesize and analyze the results of studies on the impact of the media, mainly the Internet to social behavior in adolescence. The first part of the study interprets the learning process (social learning) in which social behavior is formed. The second part of the study analyses adolescents’ social behavior from the aspect of the Internet. The most important questions are whether there is any difference between social behavior online and offline, and whether the Internet has changes all facets of social life. As a consequence, the Internet may have had less impact on many aspects of social life and social behavior in adolescence than is supposed to.

  • Issue Year: 26/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 246-256
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian