Kids on youtube : technical identities and digital literacies / Patricia G Lange.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Patricia G., author.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and children.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

272 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, [2014]

Summary:

The mall is so old school; these days kids are hanging out on YouTube, and depending on whom you ask, they are either forging the digital frontier or frittering away their childhoods in anti-intellectual solipsism. This book cuts through the hype, going behind the scenes to understand kids' everyday engagement with new media. Debunking the stereotype of the self-taught computer whiz, the author, a new media scholar and filmmaker describes the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identity and develop digital literacy on the 'Tube. Her long-term ethnographic studies also cover peer-based and family-driven video-making dynamics, girl geeks, civic engagement, and representational ethics. This book makes key contributions to new media studies, communication, science and technology studies, digital anthropology, and informal education. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ways with video

Video-mediated friendships: specialization and relational expertise

Girls geeking out on YouTube

Mediated civic engagement

Video-mediated lifestyles

Representational ideologies

On being self-taught

Studying YouTube: an ethnographic approach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

1611329361

9781611329353

1611329353

9781611329360

OCLC:

869365259

Publisher Number:

99959324071