Youth Online

Identity and Literacy in the Digital Age

von Angela Thomas

244 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Youth Online chronicles the stories of young people from several countries – the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Holland – and their interactions in online communities over a seven-year period. It examines how young people construct their identities in various social contexts: social, fantasy, role-playing; and for various social purposes: leadership, learning, power, rebellion and romance. It explores the ways youth are deploying both visual and literary cues to develop a full sense of presence online and to effectively communicate with their peers. Using methods of textual, visual, and socio-psychological analysis, this book illuminates the ways in which young people are making sense of their own identities and their place within broader communities.

• Reihe: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9780820478548
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.06.2007
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York