The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media...

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S. Craig Watkins

The Young and the Digital

What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our...

S. Craig Watkins

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English

Beacon Press
07 September 2010

Media studies; Sociology; Population & demography; Computing: general

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.

By: S. Craig Watkins
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 425g
ISBN: 9780807006160
ISBN 10: 0807006165
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 September 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

S. Craig Watkins writes about youth, media, technology, and society. He is Professor of radio-TV-film at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Hip Hop Matters- Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement and Representing- Hip Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema.

Reviews for The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future

“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.” —Bel