Psychology

Emerging adulthood and media use: Latest research and future directions

Document Type

Editorial

Abstract

Emerging adults worldwide (ages 18–29) are recognized to be the largest active group of media users, for a number of reasons. First, media use is vital to emerging adults because during this life stage they face many transitions (e.g., school to university or work, leaving their parents’ household), and they need to use media to have information about new opportunities and problems. Further, they use social media constantly to stay in touch with their existing social networks and to construct new ones in the new contexts. Currently, most media research lacks a developmental foundation. The aims of this special issue are, on the one hand, to integrate the developmental perspective of emerging adulthood into research on media use and, on the other, assemble papers on media use in relation to emerging adults’ psychological, social, and cognitive development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Publication Title

Journal of Media Psychology

Publication Date

2023

Volume

35

Issue

5

First Page

253

Last Page

255

ISSN

1864-1105

DOI

10.1027/1864-1105/a000393

Keywords

emerging adulthood, media use, social media, social networks, developmental perspective, psychological development, social development, cognitive development

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