Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out by Mizuko Ito

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out by Mizuko Ito

An examination of young people's everyday new media practices--including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use.

Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media. Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings--at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces.

Integrating twenty-three case studies--which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic breakups--in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.

Ito, Mizuko: - Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist who studies new media use, particularly among young people, in Japan and the United States, and a Professor in Residence at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.

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ISBN 13	9780262013369
ISBN 10	0262013363
Title	Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out
Author	Mizuko Ito
Series	The John D And Catherine T Macarthur Foundation Series On Digital Media And Learning
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2009-11-01
Number of pages	440
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