| Youth Online: Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age Contributor(s): Bigum, Chris (Editor), Knobel, Michele (Editor), Lankshear, Colin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433100339 ISBN-13: 9781433100338 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $120.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| LCCN: 2007004829 |
| Series: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies |
| Physical Information: 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Youth Online chronicles the stories of young people from several countries - the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Holland - and their interactions in online communities over a seven-year period. It examines how young people construct their identities in various social contexts: social, fantasy, role-playing; and for various social purposes: leadership, learning, power, rebellion and romance. It explores the ways youth are deploying both visual and literary cues to develop a full sense of presence online and to effectively communicate with their peers. Using methods of textual, visual, and socio-psychological analysis, this book illuminates the ways in which young people are making sense of their own identities and their place within broader communities. |