Youth, Identity, and Digital Media

Youth, Identity, and Digital Media by David Buckingham

Contributors discuss how growing up in a world saturated with digital media affects the development of young people's individual and social identities.

As young people today grow up in a world saturated with digital media, how does it affect their sense of self and others? As they define and redefine their identities through engagements with technology, what are the implications for their experiences as learners, citizens, consumers, and family and community members? This addresses the consequences of digital media use for young people's individual and social identities. The contributors explore how young people use digital media to share ideas and creativity and to participate in networks that are small and large, local and global, intimate and anonymous. They look at the emergence of new genres and forms, from SMS and instant messaging to home pages, blogs, and social networking sites. They discuss such topics as girl power online, the generational digital divide, young people and mobile communication, and the appeal of the digital publics of MySpace, considering whether these media offer young people genuinely new forms of engagement, interaction, and communication.

Contributors
Angela Booker, danah boyd, Kirsten Drotner, Shelley Goldman, Susan C. Herring, Meghan McDermott, Claudia Mitchell, Gitte Stald, Susannah Stern, Sandra Weber, Rebekah Willett

Author David Buckingham: David Buckingham is Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, London University, UK, where he directs the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media. His previous books include Children Talking Television (1993), Moving Images (1996), The Making of Citizens (2000), After the Death of Childhood (2000) and Media Education (2003).

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ISBN 13	9780262524834
ISBN 10	026252483X
Title	Youth, Identity, and Digital Media
Author	David Buckingham
Series	The John D And Catherine T Macarthur Foundation Series On Digital Media And Learning
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2007-11-30
Number of pages	216
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