Early Researchers of Online Communications Technologies in the Lives of Children

question 65

Multiple Choice

Early researchers of online communications technologies in the lives of children and youths theorized that social connections would

• A) not change significantly.
• B) increase in amount but decrease in quality.
• C) decrease in amount.
• D) be disrupted.

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