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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lange, Patricia G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet and children.

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mall is so old school-these days kids are hanging out on YouTube, and depending on whom you ask, they're either forging the digital frontier or frittering away their childhoods in anti-intellectual solipsism. Kids on YouTube 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, new media scholar and filmmaker Patricia G. Lange describes the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identity and develop digital literacy on the 'Tube. Her long-term ethnographic studies

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction: Ways with Video; Chapter 2 - Video-Mediated Friendships: Specialization and Relational Expertise; Chapter 3 - Girl Geeking Out on Youtube; Chapter 4 - Mediated Civic Engagement; Chapter 5 - Video-Mediated Lifestyles; Chapter 6 - Representational Ideologies; Chapter 7 - On Being Self-Taught; Chapter 8 - Conclusion; Appendix - Studying YouTube: An Ethographic Approach; References; Index; About The Author

Notes:

"First published 2014 by Left Coast Press, Inc."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-315-42571-8

1-315-42572-6

1-315-42573-4

1-61132-937-X

9781315425733

OCLC:

874563243