Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning)
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: December 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780262134958
Subjects: Applied Sciences; Media Studies; Research; Education / Research; Education; Science
Description: "Young people's use of digital media may result in various innovations and unexpected outcomes, from the use of video game technologies to create films to the effect of home digital media on family life. This volume examines the core issues that arise when digital media use results in unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. The contributors examine the complex mix of emergent practices and developments online and elsewhere that empower young users to function as drivers of technological change, recognizing that these new technologies are embedded in larger social systems - school, family, friends."--Jacket.