Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, Lake Success, New York, USA.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2021 Feb 1;33(1):170-177. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000989.
With children and adolescents constantly connected to their devices in an ever-changing technological landscape, new and emerging trends in entertainment media have created potential health implications for pediatric patients. The purpose of this review is to provide pediatricians with explanations of specific trends on streaming services, the popular new mobile application TikTok, recent widespread 'Internet Challenges' that include pediatric participants, and new technologies. These emerging trends can pose potential harms to the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
Recent reports and news articles have discussed popular technological trends and the adverse effects that can occur. Although technology provides access to information and social connection for youth, it also creates platforms where children can be exposed to disturbing content, peer pressure, cyberbullying, and encouragement to participate in activities that could cause potential physical harm or even death.
Pediatricians need to be aware of trends to best understand the implications of these technologies, especially in clinical practice. Pediatricians play an important role in educating parents and patients about the risks of these trends, in facilitating conversations about related topics including self-esteem, cyberbullying and peer pressure to promote healthy internet use, and providing necessary resources.
随着儿童和青少年在不断变化的技术环境中不断与他们的设备相连，娱乐媒体的新出现的趋势为儿科患者带来了潜在的健康影响。本文的目的是为儿科医生解释流媒体服务、流行的新手机应用程序 TikTok、最近包括儿科参与者在内的广泛“互联网挑战”以及新技术等特定趋势。这些新兴趋势可能对儿童和青少年的健康和幸福造成潜在危害。
最近的报告和新闻文章讨论了流行的技术趋势以及可能发生的不良影响。尽管技术为年轻人提供了获取信息和社交联系的途径，但它也为孩子们提供了接触令人不安的内容、同辈压力、网络欺凌以及鼓励他们参与可能导致潜在身体伤害甚至死亡的活动的平台。
儿科医生需要了解这些趋势，以便更好地了解这些技术的影响，特别是在临床实践中。儿科医生在教育家长和患者了解这些趋势的风险方面发挥着重要作用，促进关于自尊、网络欺凌和同辈压力等相关主题的对话，以促进健康的互联网使用，并提供必要的资源。
