The Internet playground
Subtitle: children's access, entertainment, and mis-education
By: Ellen Seiter.
Series: Popular culture & everyday life ;; v. 10
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Internet and children
Description: "The Internet Playground argues that contrary to the promises of technology boosters, teaching with computers is very difficult. Ellen Seiter points out that the Internet today resembles a mall more than it does a library. While children love to play online games, join fan communities, and use online chat and instant messaging, the Internet is also an aggressive marketer to children and, as this book argues, an educational boondoggle."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-116) and index.
Table of contents: title: Children's use of computers at home and at school; title: Children, politics and the Internet : stories from the journalism classroom; title: Virtual pets : devouring the children's market; title: Gender and computer affinity : typing vs. gaming; title: Wrestling with the Web : Latino fans and symbolic violence; title: Teaching points for children on the Internet; title: Appendix : teaching materials and syllabi.