
The Internet Playground
Children's Access, Entertainment, and Mis-Education
Ellen Seiter(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 26. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
XII, 121 pages
978-0-8204-7124-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based on four years of experience teaching computers to 8-12 year olds, media scholar Ellen Seiter offers parents and educators practical advice on what children need to know about the Internet and when they need to know it. The Internet Playground argues that, contrary to the promises of technology boosters, teaching with computers is very difficult. Seiter points out that the Internet today resembles a mall more than it does a library. While children love to play online games, join fan communities, and use online chat and instant messaging, the Internet is also an appallingly aggressive marketer to children and, as this book passionately argues, an educational boondoggle.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
10 ill.
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
203 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-7124-2 (9780820471242)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
The Author: Ellen Seiter is Professor of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California where she holds the Stephen K. Nenno Chair in television studies. She is the author of two other books about children and the media: Television and New Media Audiences and Sold Separately: Children and Parents in Consumer Culture.