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Children and the Internet
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Description| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons (UK) |
| Author(s) | Sonia Livingstone |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published | 19th June 2009 |
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Is the internet really transforming children and young
people?s lives? Is the so-called ?digital
generation? genuinely benefiting from exciting new
opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks?
people?s lives? Is the so-called ?digital
generation? genuinely benefiting from exciting new
opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks?
This major new book by a leading researcher addresses these
pressing questions. It deliberately avoids a techno-celebratory
approach and, instead, interprets children?s everyday
practices of internet use in relation to the complex and changing
historical and cultural conditions of childhood in late modernity.
Uniquely, Children and the Internet reveals the complex
dynamic between online opportunities and online risks, exploring
this in relation to much debated issues such as:
- Digital in/exclusion
- Learning and literacy
- Peer networking and privacy
- Civic participation
- Risk and harm
Drawing on current theories of identity, development, education
and participation, this book includes a refreshingly critical
account of the challenging realities undermining the great
expectations held out for the internet - from governments,
teachers, parents and children themselves. It concludes with a
forward-looking framework for policy and regulation designed to
advance children?s rights to expression, connection and play
online as well as offline.
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