Doing and being digital : mediated childhoods / edited by Laura Robinson, Shelia R. Cotten, Jeremy Schulz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robinson, Laura (Sociologist), editor.

Cotten, Shelia R., editor.

Schulz, Jeremy, editor.

Series:

Studies in media and communications ; v. 8.

Communication and information technologies annual ; 2014.

Studies in media and communications ; volume 8

Communication and information technologies annual ; [2014]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and children.

Mass media and teenagers.

Mass media--Influence.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

xviii, 266 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2014.

Summary:

Sponsored by the Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association, this volume brings together nine studies of mediated childhood and youth. The studies shed light on the emerging contours of young people's web engagements and social practices. More specifically, the volume contains research speaking to scholarship dealing with four key topics: digital differentiation, media use, social problems, and cyberbullying. In the first section, authors address timely topics about social inequalities arising from unequal web use among children and teens. In the following section, the contributions reveal decision-making processes about negotiating mediated communication by college students in Finland and the United States. Subsequently, in Section III, the research offers solutions to social problems created by online threats and ever expanding advertising targeting children. Finally, the volume closes with research on cyberbullying as a moral panic and upstanders who stand up to cyberbullies. Taken together, the contributions raise far-reaching questions about how childhood and young adulthood are mediated and shaped by digital experiences. This volume will be of value to new media scholars interested in the ways that childhood and young adulthood are mediated and shaped by digital experiences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: doing and being digital : mediated childhoods / Laura Robinson, Shelia R. Cotten and Jeremy Schultz

Stress 2.0: social media overload among Swiss teenagers / Christoph Lutz, Giulia Ranzini and Miriam Meckel

Gradations of disappearing digital divides among racially diverse middle school students / Shelia R. Cotten, Elizabeth L. Davison, Daniel B. Shank and Brian W. Ward

Play to pay?: adolescent video game play & STEM choice / Amanda J. Turner

Should I text or should I call?: how college students navigate mediated connections with family / Carrie Anne Platt, Renee Bourdeaux and Nancy DiTunnariello.

Media choice and identity work: a case study of information communication technology use in a peer community / Airi Lampinen, Vilma Lehtinen and Coye Cheshire

Promoting online safety among adolescents: enhancing coping self-efficacy and protective behaviors through enactive mastery / Julia Crouse Waddell, Caitlin McLaughlin, Robert LaRose, Nora Rifon and Christina Wirth-Hawkins

Hey kids, this is advertising: metaphors and promotional appeals in online advertisements for children / Debashis 'Deb' Aikat

Cyberbullying: the social construction of a moral panic / Linda M. Waldron

Tweens, cyberbullying, and moral reasoning: separating the upstanders from the bystanders / Erhardt Graeff.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Ebook version

ISBN:

9781783506293

1783506296

OCLC:

899134550