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(0)S. Craig Watkins
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
How black and Latino youth learn, create, and collaborate onlineThe Digital Edge examines how the digital and social-media lives of low-income youth, especially youth of color, have evolved amidst rapid social and technological change. While notions of the digital divide between the "technology rich" and the "technology poor" have largely focused on access to new media technologies, the contours of the digital divide have grown increasingly complex....
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Timely and deeply relevant, the book covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for ?anytime, anywhere? media and ?fast entertainment,? how online ?digital gates? reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America?s classrooms. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both celebratory and wary, about...