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PublisherBeacon Press

ISBN-100807006165

ISBN-139780807006160

eBay Product ID (ePID)80508185

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Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameYoung and the Digital : What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future

LanguageEnglish

SubjectDemography, Media Studies, General, Electronics / Digital

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorS. Craig Watkins

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Education

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2009-010400

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Reviews"With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!" -Don Tapscott, coauthor of Wikinomics and author of Grown Up Digital "The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." -James Paul Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy "A must-read for parents and educators!" -Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online " The Young and the Digital is remarkably readable. Maybe even more remarkable is what a focused account Watkins has produced about a media climate that is still in flux, in which he ponders questions that may not be answered until this moment in media history has long passed." -Belinda Acosta, Austin Chronicle "Bracing yet reassuring, often surprising, and always substantive, Craig Watkins acts as an honest broker, testing the contradictory claims often made about young people's digital lives against sophisticated fieldwork." -Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide "Watkins convincingly captures the digital world inhabited by today's young adults while illustrating what the digital landscape means for our future." -Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania , "With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!" --Don Tapscott, coauthor of Wikinomics and author of Grown Up Digital "The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." --James Paul Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy "A must-read for parents and educators!" --Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online " The Young and the Digital is remarkably readable. Maybe even more remarkable is what a focused account Watkins has produced about a media climate that is still in flux, in which he ponders questions that may not be answered until this moment in media history has long passed." --Belinda Acosta, Austin Chronicle "Bracing yet reassuring, often surprising, and always substantive, Craig Watkins acts as an honest broker, testing the contradictory claims often made about young people's digital lives against sophisticated fieldwork." --Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide "Watkins convincingly captures the digital world inhabited by today's young adults while illustrating what the digital landscape means for our future." --Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania , "With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!" -Don Tapscott, coauthor ofWikinomicsand author ofGrown Up Digital "The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." -James Paul Gee, author ofWhat Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy "A must-read for parents and educators!" -Anastasia Goodstein, author ofTotally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online "The Young and the Digitalis remarkably readable. Maybe even more remarkable is what a focused account Watkins has produced about a media climate that is still in flux, in which he ponders questions that may not be answered until this moment in media history has long passed." -Belinda Acosta,Austin Chronicle "Bracing yet reassuring, often surprising, and always substantive, Craig Watkins acts as an honest broker, testing the contradictory claims often made about young people's digital lives against sophisticated fieldwork." -Henry Jenkins, author ofConvergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide "Watkins convincingly captures the digital world inhabited by today's young adults while illustrating what the digital landscape means for our future." -Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania , "With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!"-Don Tapscott, coauthor ofWikinomics "The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." -James Paul Gee, author ofWhat Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy "A must-read for parents and educators!"-Anastasia Goodstein, author ofTotally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online, "With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!" -Don Tapscott, coauthor of Wikinomics and author of Grown Up Digital "The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." -James Paul Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy "A must-read for parents and educators!" -Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online " The Young and the Digital is remarkably readable. Maybe even more remarkable is what a focused account Watkins has produced about a media climate that is still in flux, in which he ponders questions that may not be answered until this moment in media history has long passed." -Belinda Acosta, Austin Chronicle "Bracing yet reassuring, often surprising, and always substantive, Craig Watkins acts as an honest broker, testing the contradictory claims often made about young people's digital lives against sophisticated fieldwork." -Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide "Watkins convincingly captures the digital world inhabited by today's young adults while illustrating what the digital landscape means for our future." -Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal303.48/3308350973

Table Of ContentIntroduction The Young and the Digital One Digital Migration: Young People's Historic Move to the Online World Two Social Media 101:What Schools Are Learning about Themselves and Young Technology Users Three The Very Well Connected: Friending, Bonding, and Community in the Digital Age Four Digital Gates: How Race and Class Distinctions Are Shaping the Digital World Five We Play: The Allure of Social Games, Synthetic Worlds, and Second Lives Six Hooked: Rethinking the Internet Addiction Debate Seven Now! Fast Entertainment and Multitasking in an Always-On World Eight "May I have your attention?": The Consequences of Anytime, Anywhere Technology Conclusion A Message from Barack: What the Young and the Digital Means for Our Political Future The Making of This Book : Research, Methods, and Acknowledgments Notes

SynopsisTimely and deeply relevant, The Young and the Digital covers a host of provocative issues--the influence of social sites like MySpace and Facebook; the growing appetite for "anytime, anywhere" media and "fast entertainment". Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both optimistic and cautious, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation., In The Young and the Digital, S. Craig Watkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. Timely and deeply relevant, the book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for "anytime, anywhere" media and "fast entertainment," how online "digital gates" reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America's classrooms. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both celebratory and wary, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation.

LC Classification NumberHQ799.2.M352W37 2009