Title: Youth, identity, and digital media /
Authors: Buckingham, David, 1954-
Publisher: MIT Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Internet and teenagers.; Identity (Psychology) in adolescence.; Teenagers Computer network resources.; Digital media Social aspects.; Internet Social aspects
Abstract: "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 volume 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."--Jacket.
Contents: Introducing identity / David Buckingham -- Imaging, keyboarding, and posting identities : young people and new media technologies / Sandra Weber and Claudia Mitchell -- Consumer citizens online : structure, agency, and gender in online participation / Rebekah Willett -- Questioning the generational divide : technological exoticism and adult constructions of online youth identity / Susan C. Herring -- Producing sites, exploring identities : youth online authorship / Susannah Stern -- Why youth (heart) social network sites : the role of networked publics in teenage social life / Danah Boyd -- Mobile identity : youth, identity, and mobile communication media / Gitte Stald -- Leisure is hard work : digital practices and future competences / Kirsten Drotner -- Mixing the digital, social, and cultural : learning, identity, and agency in youth participation / Shelley Goldman, Angela Booker, and Meghan McDermott.