The influence of technology development on parents-adolescents communication in the Arab society
The influence of technology development on parents-adolescents communication in the Arab society

Summary/Abstract: In recent years with the development of Internet technologies, there has beenan increase in the use of new communication channels between school and parents. Applicationssuch as smart phones have a potential of deepening parents' involvement in adolescents’ life. Themain advantages of the modernistic conversion channels are: availability of updated information,flexibility and time saving. We can find a computer with an access to the internet in almost everyhouse hold in modern society. We use the computer for work, studies, entertainment includinggames, music, films and for communication with friends. We use it as a source of information whenwe need to make a decision about shopping, medicine choosing outside activities, generalknowledge etc. The Internet contributes to make general changes in family relations. Since thebalance of power in the family has change d in the modern era with one of its expressions is the factthat relations of authority and generational hierarchy became more equitable.Parents' authority manifested by controlling the rules and rewards has been replaced inmany families by parents – аdolescents relations based on negotiation and dialogue about rights. Atthe same time the new Internet media forces the parents to make another change and instead offocusing norms on which they grew up as kids ' they demanded to focus on the acceptable norms intheir Adolescents world. Professionals in the field of psychology education and technology aretrying to propose a useful tool for handling the new challenges regarding Internet. Yet, the fastchanges in the exposure means in the contents to which adolescents and teenagers are exposed tomake it difficult on creating clear understanding regarding the possible missions and tools

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