Digital Diversions: Youth Culture in the Age of MultimediaJulian Sefton-Green This work explores the diverse ways in which young people are active social agents in the production of youth culture in the digital age. It collects an international range of empirical accounts describing the ways in which young people utilize and appropriate new technology. The contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives including cultural studies, social anthropology and feminism. |
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2 Fun and games are serious business | 19 |
social discourse and gendered play at the computer | 41 |
childrens creative uses of multimedia technologies | 58 |
young people and the internet | 79 |
6 An American otaku or a boys virtual life on the net | 99 |
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Digital Diversions: Youth Culture in the Age of Multimedia Julian Sefton-Green No preview available - 1998 |
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