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The young and the digital : what the migration to social network sites, games, and anytime, anywhere media means for our future / S. Craig Watkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watkins, S. Craig (Samuel Craig)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and youth--United States.
- Mass media and youth.
- Technology and youth--United States.
- Technology and youth.
- Digital media--Social aspects--United States.
- Digital media.
- Teenagers--Social networks--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Internet--Social aspects.
- Internet.
- Online social networks--United States.
- Online social networks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Young and the Digital, S. Craig Watkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. Timely and deeply relevant, the book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for "anytime, anywhere" media and "fast entertainment," how online "digital gates" reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America's classrooms. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both celebratory and wary, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The young and the digital
- Digital migration : young people's historic move to the online world
- Social media 101 : what schools are learning about themselves and young technology users
- The very well connected : friending, bonding, and community in the digital age
- Digital gates : how race and class distinctions are shaping the digital world
- We play : the allure of social games, synthetic worlds, and second lives
- Hooked : rethinking the internet addiction debate
- Now! Fast entertainment and multitasking in an always-on world
- "May I have your attention?" : the consequences of anytime, anywhere technology
- Conclusion: A message from Barack : what the young and the digital means for our political future.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8070-9735-7
- OCLC:
- 547364637
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