Kids on Youtube: Technical Identities and Digital Literacies

The mall is so old school-these days kids are hanging out on YouTube, and depending on whom you ask, they're either forging the digital frontier or frittering away their childhoods in anti-intellectual solipsism. Kids on YouTube cuts through the hype, going behind the scenes to understand kids' everyday engagement with new media. Debunking the stereotype of the self-taught computer whiz, new media scholar and filmmaker Patricia G. Lange describes the collaborative social networks kids use to negotiate identity and develop digital literacy on the 'Tube. Her long-term ethnographic studies also cover peer-based and family-driven video-making dynamics, girl geeks, civic engagement, and representational ethics. This book makes key contributions to new media studies, communication, science and technology studies, digital anthropology, and informal education.

Author: Patricia G. Lange

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: Mar 15, 2014

Number of Pages: 272 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1611329353

ISBN-13: 9781611329353