Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out
Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Published on 1. November 2009
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-262-01336-9 (ISBN)
Description
Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates
generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video
games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that
investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media.
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an
ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with
new media in varied settings -- at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces. Integrating
twenty-three case studies -- which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music
sharing, and online romantic breakups -- in a unique collaborative authorship style,
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of
in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.
generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video
games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that
investigates the intricate dynamics of youths' social and recreational use of digital media.
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an
ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with
new media in varied settings -- at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces. Integrating
twenty-three case studies -- which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music
sharing, and online romantic breakups -- in a unique collaborative authorship style,
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of
in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 3 Schaubilder
10 b&w photos, 3 figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-01336-9 (9780262013369)
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This book was written as a collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a three-year research effort funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California.
Becky Herr-Stephenson is a Research Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher with the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
Dan Perkel is a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley earning a degree in Information Management and Systems from the School of Information, with a Designated Emphasis in New Media from the Berkeley Center for New Media.
Christo Sims is a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley's School of Information and a researcher for the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
Becky Herr-Stephenson is a Research Fellow at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher with the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
Dan Perkel is a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley earning a degree in Information Management and Systems from the School of Information, with a Designated Emphasis in New Media from the Berkeley Center for New Media.
Christo Sims is a doctoral candidate at UC Berkeley's School of Information and a researcher for the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California Humanities Research Institute.