Young Children as Technology Users
Shazia Saif
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Abstract
This is an individual study paper on Young Children as Technology users. The paper endeavors at explaining the extensive, excessive, addictive and impulsive aspects of digital utilization in children especially the use of internet. The paper starts with an introduction to the evolution of the modern technology and the role of children in shaping a market for the manufacturers of digital media. This paper is divided into basically portions whereby I dare to present the true facts and studies performed by eminent researchers in this field. The first chapter deals with the Introduction, the definitions, the history, the background of the problem. The second chapter
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