Identity, intimacy, and imagination and the digital world

A new book probes how technology is impacting young peoples' sense of identity, relationships and imagination, reveals Emer Sexton.

AS the parent of an 18-year-old, a teenager of the digital age, I see the effects of mobile phone ‘addiction’. Opportunities to make new friends are missed, because teens hide behind mobile phones, instead of making conversation.

And the acceptance of online bullying is frightening.