Digital Youth Research

Posted by Celia Walter | 4 Dec, 2008

Website for a project that "explores how kids use digital media in their everyday lives" outside of school. In addition to a report and the book "Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out: Living and Learning with New Media," the site features project background, field stories, and a bibliography covering digital media and education, gaming, mobile phone culture, and related topics. Administered by the Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of California, Berkeley.
URL: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27247

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Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web

Posted by Celia Walter | 19 May, 2008

ReadWriteWeb has an excellent post covering the “digital natives” that comprise Generation Y. Sarah Perez lets us know how this Web generation differs from previous ones, what they want from the Web, and provides a list of resources and a short slideshow titled “The Gen-Y Guide to Web 2.0 @ Work”.

“Since Gen Y grew up on the web, they’re going to be the driving force behind the way the web of the future is shaped. What Gen Y wants from the web will be the web.

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2008/why-gen-y-is-going-to-change-the-web/ 

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Webcast: The Anthropology of Digital Natives

Posted by Celia Walter | 4 Apr, 2008

Webcast: The Anthropology of Digital Natives - "This is the first lecture in a four-lecture series which examines the generation that has been raised with the computer as a natural part of their lives, with emphasis on the young people currently in schools and colleges today. The series explores the practices and culture of these digital natives, the cultural implications of the phenomenon and the implications for education – schools, universities and libraries" April 7, 2008 at the Library of Congress
Peter Scott's Library blog 

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iPod generation - UK

Posted by Celia Walter | 13 Feb, 2008

iPod generation - UK - April 2007

This summary of a report from Mintel may be useful for anyone researching the so-called iPod generation. (The full report has to be bought from Mintel). "This report examines the iPod Generation – a group of tech-savvy, connected consumers who have largely grown up in the PC age, and for whom the Internet is an integral part of everyday life. This generation is set to have a huge impact on the UK, not only when it comes to music and MP3s, but also across the economy as a whole – the banking sector, travel and tourism and the wider leisure industry." It covers home and family; finances; career; Internet usage; the environment. From Intute.ac.uk
http://oxygen.mintel.com/sinatra/oxygen/display/id=273617

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Growing Up Online, a Frontline special, will be broadcast tomorrow, January 22, 2008, on PBS.

Posted by Celia Walter | 22 Jan, 2008

MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day, socializing with friends and strangers alike, “trying on” identities, and building a virtual profile of themselves–one that many kids insist is a more honest depiction of who they really are than the person they portray at home or in school.

In “Growing Up Online,” FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. From cyber bullying to instant “Internet fame,” to the specter of online sexual predators, FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin investigates the risks, realities and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web...

YouTube  promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XyipM9STyY

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Forbidden Fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young people

Posted by Celia Walter | 20 Oct, 2007
The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people.
19 to 20 June 2008
Southport, UK, North West England, United Kingdom

Website: http://forbiddenfruitconference.wetpaint.com/
Contact name: Sarah McNicol
Organized by: Evidence Base
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 7 January 2008

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