Digital Diversions: Youth Culture In The Age Of Multi-Media (Media, Education and Culture)

This work explores the diverse ways in which young people are active social agents in the production of youth culture in the digital age. It collects an international range of empirical accounts describing the ways in which young people utilize and appropriate new technology. The contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives including cultural studies, social anthropology and feminism. Introduction : Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon -- Karen Orr Vered Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon -- Karen Orr Vered -- Julian Sefton-Green and David Buckingham Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon -- Karen Orr Vered -- Julian Sefton-Green and David Buckingham -- Chris Abbott Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon -- Karen Orr Vered -- Julian Sefton-Green and David Buckingham -- Chris Abbott -- Joseph Tobin Introduction : -- Julian Sefton-Green -- Helen Nixon -- Karen Orr Vered -- Julian Sefton-Green and David Buckingham -- Chris Abbott -- Joseph Tobin -- Helen Cunningham Introduction :-- Julian Sefton-Green-- Helen Nixon-- Karen Orr Vered-- Julian Sefton-Green and David Buckingham-- Chris Abbott-- Joseph Tobin-- Helen Cunningham-- Jörgen Nissen. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 2 Series-title......Page 3 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 1. Introduction: being young in the digital age......Page 8 2. Fun and games are serious business......Page 26 3. Blue group boys play incredible machine girls play hopscoth: social discourse and gendered play at the computer......Page 48 4. Digital visions: children’s ‘creative’ uses of multimedia technologies......Page 65 5. Making connections: young people and the internet......Page 86 6. An American otaku (or, a boy’s virtual life on the net)......Page 106 7. Digital culture—the view from the dance floor......Page 126 8. Hackers: masters of modernity and modern technology......Page 145 Notes......Page 166 Index......Page 168 This work explores the diverse ways in which young people are active social agents in the production of youth culture in the digital age. The contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives such as cultural studies and feminism Children are at the epicenter of the information revolution, ground zero of the digital world . . . Children have the chance to reinvent communications, culture and community. Edited By Julian Sefton-green. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.