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March 29, 2017
The Young & The Digital: What the Migration to Social-Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future
- Author
- Watkins, S. Craig
- Publisher
- Beacon Press, Boston, MA
- ISBN
- 9780807061930
- Table of Contents
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Introduction
ch. 1 Digital Migration: Young People's Historic Move to the Online World
ch. 2 Social Media 101: What Schools are Learning about Themselves and Young Technology Users
ch. 3 The Very Well Connected: Friending, Bonding, and Community in the Digital Age
ch. 4 Digital Gates: How Race and Class Distinctions Are Shaping the Digital World
ch. 5 We Play: The Allure of Social Games, Synthetic Worlds, and Second Lives
ch. 6 Hooked: Rethinking the Internet Addiction Debate
ch. 7 Now! Fast Entertainment and Multitasking in an Always-On World
ch. 8 "May I have your attention?": The Consequences of Anytime, Anywhere Technology
Conclusion A Message from Barack: What the Young and the Digital Means for Our Political Future
The Making of This Book: Research, Methods, and Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
A media expert explains how and why the digital migration is transforming youth culture, identity, and everyday life
 
For the first time in over fifty years, television is no longer our dominant medium: young people are now spending an average of six to eight hours a day online. Watkins contends that most teens and twenty-somethings migrate online to share their lives with friends—something television simply cannot offer—and the ubiquitous presence of cell phones, laptops, and iPods places them at the center of our evolving digital landscape.
In The Young and the Digital, Watkins skillfully draws from more than five hundred surveys and three hundred and fifty 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. (From the Publisher)
 
For the first time in over fifty years, television is no longer our dominant medium: young people are now spending an average of six to eight hours a day online. Watkins contends that most teens and twenty-somethings migrate online to share their lives with friends—something television simply cannot offer—and the ubiquitous presence of cell phones, laptops, and iPods places them at the center of our evolving digital landscape.
In The Young and the Digital, Watkins skillfully draws from more than five hundred surveys and three hundred and fifty 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. (From the Publisher)