C. J. Pascoe

Laura Robinson

Mizuko Ito

Matteo Bittanti

Heather A. Horst

Christo Sims

Sonja Baumer

Rachel Cody

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Becky Herr Stephenson

Patricia G. Lange

Dilan Mahendran

Katynka Z. Martínez

Dan Perkel

Lisa Tripp

This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings -- at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. It offers a condensed version of a longer treatment provided in the book Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (MIT Press, 2009). The authors present empirical data on new media in the lives of American youth in order to reflect upon the relationship between new media and learning. In one of the largest qualitative and ethnographic studies of American youth culture, the authors view the relationship of youth and new media not simply in terms of technology trends but situated within the broader structural conditions of childhood and the negotiations with adults that frame the experience of youth in the United States.The book that this report summarizes was written as a collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a three-year research effort funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California.John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Reports on Digital Media and Learning

Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project

Living and Learning with New Media

Che succede quando gli adolescenti comunicano mediante i social network come Facebook, Twitter e Instagram? Come gestiscono la propria identità, come difendono la propria privacy, che cosa mettono in gioco dei propri sentimenti? Queste sono solo alcune delle domande che danah boyd, autrice di successo ed esperta di social media e comunicazione, affronta nel suo libro dedicato a quella second life che rappresenta ormai la forma di vita più importante per la maggioranza degli adolescenti. L’autrice sfata i falsi miti legati alla diffusione di internet, dal presunto aumento del cosiddetto cyberbullismo agli esagerati pericoli sulla spersonalizzazione dei giovani, fino alla stessa definizione di nativi digitali, troppo semplicistica rispetto alla complessità del fenomeno. It’s complicated, frutto di dieci anni di ricerca sul campo, di interviste e di incontri con centinaia di adolescenti, è una lettura fondamentale per chiunque sia interessato a comprendere l’impatto sociale e culturale delle nuove tecnologie di comunicazione sulle generazioni future.

La vita sociale degli adolescenti sul web

It's complicated

Henry Jenkins

In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation. Jenkins, Ito and boyd examine the ways in which our personal and professional lives are shaped by experiences interacting with and around emerging media. Stressing the social and cultural contexts of participation, the authors describe the process of diversification and mainstreaming that has transformed participatory culture. They advocate a move beyond individualized personal expression and argue for an ethos of “doing it together” in addition to “doing it yourself.” Participatory Culture in a Networked Era will interest students and scholars of digital media and their impact on society and will engage readers in a broader dialogue and conversation about their own participatory practices in this digital age.

A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics

Participatory Culture in a Networked Era

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