internet revolutionized our lifestyle. New generation devices like smartphones and tablets allow us to be always connected: the web represents a significant part of our days. These epochal changes bring with them questions about the potentialities and the risks of web 2.0. This chapter introduces a research whose purpose is to investigate the relationships between Online and Offline lives in Emerging Adulthood. Starting by the concept of functional organ (Leont'ev, 1972) and inverse instrumentality (Ekbia & Nardi, 2012), the goal of the study is to go beyond the research on web addiction, and start to explore a model able to predict why some emerging adults have their life empowered by the web and while others get trapped in the problematic use.

Benvenuti, M., Mazzoni, E., Piobbico, G. (2016). Being Online in Emerging Adulthood: Between Problematic or Functional Use of the Internet. Hershey : IGI GLOBAL [10.4018/978-1-5225-1856-3.ch014].

Being Online in Emerging Adulthood: Between Problematic or Functional Use of the Internet

BENVENUTI, MARTINA;MAZZONI, ELVIS;
2016

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internet revolutionized our lifestyle. New generation devices like smartphones and tablets allow us to be always connected: the web represents a significant part of our days. These epochal changes bring with them questions about the potentialities and the risks of web 2.0. This chapter introduces a research whose purpose is to investigate the relationships between Online and Offline lives in Emerging Adulthood. Starting by the concept of functional organ (Leont'ev, 1972) and inverse instrumentality (Ekbia & Nardi, 2012), the goal of the study is to go beyond the research on web addiction, and start to explore a model able to predict why some emerging adults have their life empowered by the web and while others get trapped in the problematic use.
2016
Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships among Emerging Adults in the Digital Age
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Benvenuti, M., Mazzoni, E., Piobbico, G. (2016). Being Online in Emerging Adulthood: Between Problematic or Functional Use of the Internet. Hershey : IGI GLOBAL [10.4018/978-1-5225-1856-3.ch014].
Benvenuti, Martina; Mazzoni, Elvis; Piobbico, Gioele
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