The characteristics of contemporary societies are increasingly theorized as global, fluid
(Bauman, 1998), and networked (Castells, 2001). These conditions underpin the emerging …

An intimate look at how children network, identify, learn and grow in a connected world.
Read Online at connectedyouth. nyupress. org Do today's youth have more opportunities …

An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game
playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional …

Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures—
joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative …

In today's digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images,
hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even 'new'literacies, we know relatively little about …

Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age
of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We …

In the past few years there have been a number of theories emerge in media, film, television,
narrative and game studies that detail the rise of what has been variously described as …

" Chris Kohler brings the passionate intensity of a hardcore fan to his writing, but he also has
the background knowledge and the critical facilities to explore video games as an industry …

In recent years, otaku culture has emerged as one of Japan's major cultural exports and as a
genuinely transnational phenomenon. This timely volume investigates how this once …

Recent work on education, identity and community has expanded the intellectual
boundaries of learning research. From home-based studies examining youth experiences …