25th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues - Families and Technology
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Oct 23, 2017 08:45 AM
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Oct 24, 2017 12:15 PM |
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Contact Name | Carolyn Scott |
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Families and Technology
Penn State’s 25th Annual Symposium on Family Issues
October 23-24, 2017
New communication technologies such as smart phones and social media are rapidly diffusing across the globe among both children and adults. Fifteen percent of U.S. adults have used an online dating site. American teens spend an average of nine hours a day engaged in social media such as online videos or music. Ninety-one percent of U.S. adults own a cell phone, as do 89% of adults in Nigeria, 83% in Ghana, 76% in Bangladesh and 65% in Uganda. As of the fourth quarter of 2016, Facebook had 1.86 billion monthly active users worldwide. Technological changes such as these are rapidly changing how couples meet and form relationships, how parents raise their children, and how family members remain connected across long distances. The 2017 National Symposium on Family Issues focuses on how these dramatic changes are shaping and changing families and family life in both positive and negative ways and is aimed at identifying novel directions for population and family research.
8:45 am Monday, October 23
Session 1: Parents’ role in children’s screen time
Moderator: Susan McHale, Director, Social Science Research Institute, Distinguished Professor of Human Development, Professor of Demography, Penn State
Amy Nathanson, Professor, School of Communication, Ohio State University
Jodi Dworkin, Associate Head and Professor, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
Lynn Schofield Clark, Professor and Chair, Department of Media, Film & Journalism, and Director, Estlow International Center for Journalism & New Media, University of Denver
Session 2: The role of technology in relationship formation: Dating and mating in the internet age
Moderator: Diane Felmlee, Professor of Sociology, Penn State
Pepper Schwartz, Professor of Sociology, and Nicholas Velotta, Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Washington
Katherine Hertlein, Professor, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Michael Rosenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Stanford University
8:30 am Tuesday, October 24
Session 3: Technology and changing family ties
Moderator: Scott Yabiku, Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
Rukmalie Jayakody, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and Sociology, Penn State
Judy K. Treas, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology, University of California Irvine and Zoya Gubernskaya, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Albany
Brian A. Primack, Dean, University Honors College, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Clinical and Translational Science, University of Pittsburgh
Symposium will end at 12 or 12:30
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Symposium Registration - Pre-registration is required
Attendance is free for Penn State students and employees
$50 for students and post-docs from other universities
$90 for all others
We are not able to accept credit cards. Please make checks payable to "Penn State".
Mail to: Carolyn Scott, Social Science Research Institute, Penn State, 114 Henderson, University Park PA 16802
Symposium Sponsors
The Symposium on Family Issues is sponsored annually by The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R13 HD048150).
Thank you to our Penn State sponsors: Social Science Research Institute, Population Research Institute, Department of Sociology, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, Department of Psychology, and Child Study Center.
Lodging
A block of rooms is being held at the Nittany Lion Inn, where the Symposium will be held. Single occupancy rooms are $135 plus tax. The rate is not guaranteed after Sept. 22, 2017 or after the block is filled. Use reservation code FAML17A. Contact the Inn at (800) 233-7505 or (814) 865-8500 or at www.pennstatehotels.com
For other lodging options visit statecollege.com and choose the Lodging tab. If you have questions, contact Carolyn Scott at css7@psu.edu
Parking
Parking is available in the Nittany Parking Deck next to the Nittany Lion Inn. Validation for free parking is available at the front desk.
(Please note that Penn State students are not allowed to park in the Nittany Deck.)
Family Care
If you need suggestions for family care, contact Carolyn Scott at css7@psu.edu
Also see:
Family Symposium Homepage
Family Symposium Books
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