About 15 years ago Johnson and Puplampu advanced Brontenbrenner's bioecological model. They argued that the developing child was enveloped by another system - the techno-subsystem - which mediated most of the child's other experiences with their other systems. That is, the child would learn about their microsystem THROUGH the techno-subsystem and learn about their exosystem THROUGH the techno-subsystem. Telephone, ebooks, television (remember this was published in 2008) now smartphones and iPads are given to one-year-olds, and soon VR glasses will be put on 3 year olds as they interact with Nana and learn about their world. You are strongly encouraged to read the LINKED ARTICLE HERE MACROSYSTEM - STEM - in 1 - social ideologies and cultural values EXOSYSTE A - indirect environment MESOSYSTEM - connections beth MICROSYSTEM - immedia Techno-Subsystem between systems portable audi computers ediate environments devices Internet CHRONOSYSTEM - transitions over time telephone CHILD cell phone software portable video devices television e-books (1) Could the techno-subsystem be the most important system - more important than the microsystem? (2) This is lifespan development. How would your response be different at different points in the lifespan: say age 4, age 14, age 24 and age 64