Young People's Literacies in the Digital Age: Continuities, Conflicts and Contradictions

Young People's Literacies in the Digital Age explores the complex relationship between young people and digital media, challenging the notion of the empowered and enabled digital native. It examines how digital media can enhance, shape, or constrain identity representation and communication, how digital experiences map onto young people's everyday lives, and the critical understandings of digital media that they develop. The book is based on a year of fieldwork with groups of young people aged 14 to 19, and provides a unique perspective on their digital lives.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 178 pages
\n Publication date: 20 November 2018
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
\n

Young People's Literacies in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking book that seeks to challenge the prevalent myths and misconceptions surrounding young people's relationship with digital media. Contrary to the notion of the empowered and enabled "digital native," the book presents a more nuanced and complex portrayal of young people's digital lives. By focusing on the concept of critical digital literacies, the book addresses a range of pressing questions that are often overlooked in the media hype and political panics surrounding young people's digital media use. These questions include:

In what ways can digital media enhance, shape, or constrain identity representation and communication?
How do digital experiences map onto young people's everyday lives?
What are young people's critical understandings of digital media, and how did they develop these?
What are the dominant understandings that young people have of digital media, and in whose interests do they work?

To answer these questions, the book draws upon a year of fieldwork with groups of young people aged 14 to 19 years. Through eight chapters, the experiences and views of these young people are explored in reference to various academic literatures, such as digital literacies, media and communication studies, critical theory, and youth studies. The book begins by tracing the continuities, contradictions, and conflicts that these young people encounter as they navigate their practices in the digital context. Written in a detailed yet accessible manner, Young People's Literacies in the Digital Age offers a unique perspective on young people's digital lives, shedding light on the complexities and nuances of their experiences in this rapidly evolving world.

\n Weight: 292g\n
Dimension: 159 x 234 x 10 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138305557\n \n