Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out : kids living and learning with new media /
Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out : kids living and learning with new media /
Mizuko Ito [and others] ; with contributions by Judd Antin [and others].
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010.
- 1 online resource (xix, 419 pages) : illustrations.
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning .
IT Carlow ebook
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices--including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings--at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces. Integrating twenty-three case studies--which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic breakups--in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.
9780262258920 0262258927 0262013363 9780262013369 129945769X 9781299457690
Mass media and youth--United States.
Digital media--Social aspects--United States.
Technology and youth--United States.
Learning--Social aspects.
EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
/ H36 2010eb
302.23108350973
IT Carlow ebook
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices--including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings--at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces. Integrating twenty-three case studies--which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic breakups--in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.
9780262258920 0262258927 0262013363 9780262013369 129945769X 9781299457690
Mass media and youth--United States.
Digital media--Social aspects--United States.
Technology and youth--United States.
Learning--Social aspects.
EDUCATION/Digital Media & Learning DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
/ H36 2010eb
302.23108350973