Cyberkids : children in the information age / Sarah L. Holloway and Gill Valentine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holloway, Sarah L., 1970- author.

Contributor:

Valentine, Gill, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Social networks.

Children.

Technology and children.

Internet and children.

Identity (Psychology) in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As Tony Blair has said, ""Technology has revolutionised the way we work and is now set to transform education. Children cannot be effective in tomorrow's world if they are trained in yesterday's skills.""Cyberkids draws together research in the sociology of childhood and social studies of technology to explore children's experiences in the Information Age. The book addresses key policy debates about social inclusion and exclusion, children's identities and friendships in on-line and off-line worlds and their relationships with families and teachers. It co

Contents:

Cover; Cyberkids; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Cyberworlds: children in the Information Age; 2 The digital divide? Children, ICT and social exclusion; 3 Peer pressure: ICT in the classroom; 4 On-line dangers: questions of competence and risk; 5 Life around the screen: the place of ICT in the 'family' home; 6 Cybergeographies: children's on-line worlds; 7 Bringing children and technology together; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 16, 2014).

ISBN:

1-136-36180-4

1-136-36173-1

1-315-01125-5

9781315011257

OCLC:

874171953