Citation

Gallagher B. Child Abuse Rev. 2016; 25(5): 327-331.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/car.2450

PMID

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Abstract

It is just over ten years since I guest edited a special issue of Child Abuse Review on 'new technology' - as it was then known (Gallagher, 2005, p. 367). The central theme of my editorial was whether this technology was 'helping or harming children' (p. 367), and more particularly, how the former might be maximised and the latter minimised. There have, over this time, been huge advances in hardware, none more substantial, perhaps, than the advent of the smartphone, which has rendered internet access and mobile communication available almost anywhere and anytime. There have been equally major developments surrounding software, including the widespread utilisation of social networking sites (such as Facebook and Tumblr) and apps (including Snapchat and Yik Yak). Facebook, for example, was launched only in 2004 and now has 1.4 billion users (Viner, 2016)....

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