Young people's use of Technology

Historical Origin of the Name "Boracay"

by Historically Digitized

Boracay etymology and word history

Jeunesses 2.0 : les pratiques relationnelles au cœur des médias sociaux

by Laure Endrizzi

En 10 ans, les pratiques d'internet ont considérablement évolué. Les écrans sont devenus omniprésents, notamment avec... more En 10 ans, les pratiques d'internet ont considérablement évolué. Les écrans sont devenus omniprésents, notamment avec l'essor des technologies mobiles, et l'informatique connectée s'est banalisée, au point de mobiliser désormais une grande partie de notre temps libre. Aujourd’hui l’attractivité des médias sociaux est plus forte que celle des portails commerciaux, l’audience mondiale de Facebook dépasse celle d’Ebay.

Dans quelle mesure ces nouvelles pratiques médiatiques concurrencent-elles les loisirs plus traditionnels et impactent-elles les sociabilités ? Les jeunes, dont les usages semblent plus diversifiés et plus intensifs que ceux de leurs aînés, incarnent-ils un renouveau générationnel ? En quoi leurs amitiés numériques sont-elles différentes des amitiés de la « vraie vie » et permettent-elles d’explorer de nouvelles façons de vivre ensemble ? Les risques perçus (et sur-médiatisés) correspondent-ils à des risques réels ? Comment l’extimité renouvelle-t-elle les frontières entre vie publique et vie privée ? Les différentes formes d’exposition de soi en ligne favorisent-elles une remise en cause ou un renouvellement des normes sociales ? Ces pratiques exploratoires sont-elles le ferment d’apprentissages sociaux autonomes qui fragilisent les apprentissages scolaires ?

Au-delà des discours technophobes ou technophiles courants, voici donc quelques unes des questions que soulève ce nouveau dossier d’actualité du service Veille et analyses de l’IFÉ, intitulé Jeunesses 2.0 : les pratiques relationnelles au cœur des médias sociaux.

Young Italians' Cross-media Cultures

by Francesca Pasquali

Published in Observatorio (OBS*), Vol 2, No 1 (2008)

The article discusses the findings of a qualitative study aimed at investigating the development of new cross-media... more The article discusses the findings of a qualitative study aimed at investigating the development of new cross-media diets and new practices of media consumption and production among Italian young people (aged 14-24). These practices are certainly enabled by the diffusion of broadband, mobile media, digital television and the media convergence processes at the institutional and production level. They are also influenced by social and cultural factors such as age, gender, household composition, the extension of one’s social networks, and so on. The study has followed a multi-sited approach, with the adoption of different techniques of investigation (in depth interviews; participant observation with the support of visual sociology; an exploration of Italian online discussion areas). The article discusses some specificities of this young generation of Italians in the development of cross-platform consumption diets. In particular, it focuses on screen-based media consumption and technologically-mediated interpersonal communication. The findings on Italian youth’s media cultures provide the chance to reflect upon some relevant issues of the contemporary debate about media convergence: especially, the relation between private and public contexts of consumption, between mobile and domestic media, social broadcasting media and networking social media, and linear and non-linear patterns of reception.

Panay

by Historically Digitized

Indigenous People's Brief

by Historically Digitized

Evaluating the impact of health promotional activities on Early Intervention outcomes.

by Sarah Amani

Psychosis affects 1–3% of the population. An estimated 6,900 young people aged 14–35 years old will deal with an emerging psychosis in the UK every year. Each person’s experience of psychosis will be different and therefore treatment needs to be tailored according to each individual’s experiences and needs. Early treatment has been shown to improve prognosis significantly. This report looks at efforts to improve access to timely and effective mental health services and the impact of these efforts.

The World Health Organisation defines health promotion as “the processof enabling people to increase control over, and... more The World Health Organisation defines health promotion as “the processof enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health”. EIIP undertook activities aimed at raising awareness of psychosis and the help available. The Early Intervention in Psychosis's health promotion strategy reduced admission by 75% between 2009-2010. The service's caseload is 69% male and the reason for this seems to be explored further. 

Projecto de Investigação para «ENTRE CORPOS E ECRÃS – IDENTIDADES E SEXUALIDADES DOS JOVENS NOS NOVOS MEDIA»

by Daniel Cardoso

Projecto de Doutoramento em Ciências da Comunicação arguido com nota de 17 valores.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: juventude, internet, sexualidade, pornografia, sexting, teoria queer



Este... more PALAVRAS-CHAVE: juventude, internet, sexualidade, pornografia, sexting, teoria queer



Este Trabalho Final de Curso tem como objectivo a apresentação de um projecto de investigação para a realização de uma Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências da Comunicação.

Irei partir de um trabalho de recolha e recensão bibliográfica crítica que permita determinar quais as mais recentes tendências e dados nas várias áreas dos usos sexualizados das novas tecnologias por parte dos jovens e crianças. Por outro lado, um outro objectivo, paralelo, é o de identificar as lacunas existentes na pesquisa actual, e procurar entender de que forma a investigação para esta Tese de Doutoramento poderá contribuir para sanar essa lacuna. Este olhar crítico terá como bases uma visão pós-estruturalista e dos estudos culturais, de abordagem queer, olhando para os mais recentes avanços na concepção e construção de identidades como a juventude ou a sexualidade.

A segunda parte deste Trabalho Final compreenderá a descrição das problemáticas colocadas especificamente pela Tese de Doutoramento pretendida, bem como uma descrição de quais os processos metodológicos que se pretende levar a cabo, de forma a conseguir oferecer resposta às questões levantadas; a acompanhar esta descrição estará um cronograma dos vários passos da investigação.

Neste caso em particular, alguns dos campos a serem revistos bibliograficamente são: a concepção sociológica e filosófica de identidade, sexualidade e orientação sexual, juventude, sujeito e sexo; os significados e debates em torno da pornografia; a noção de autonomia e literacia para os jovens, dentro e fora do contexto da cibercultura; os vários papéis que os jovens podem adoptar enquanto utilizadores, participantes e produtores de conteúdos; a retórica representacional e mediática do pânico moral; o papel específico das crianças e jovens dentro do dispositivo de sexualidade foucauldiano; o desenrolar da constituição de uma cidadania da intimidade e sexual nos jovens; a educação sexual na medida em que congrega questões de mediação escolar, parental e sócio-cultural, para além dos novos media.

As metodologias empregues pretendem, não o estabelecimento de uma amostragem e resultados representativos, mas antes uma mistura entre uma componente quantitativa e uma componente qualitativa, recorrendo inclusivamente aos dados do Projecto EU Kids Online para estabelecer pontes de ligação com um estudo representativo. Esta segunda será a mais preponderante no contexto – o objectivo aqui é o de delinear uma pesquisa longitudinal, que esteja capacitada para abarcar conceptualmente o processo, precisamente por causa da importância do processo e da necessidade de encontrar a reflexividade dentro da investigação e através dela. A análise crítica do discurso, análise de conteúdo – com cruzamentos entre teoria foucauldiana, teorias feministas, grounded theory, análise narrativa – e um constante trabalho de reflexão com os participantes da investigação serão ferramentas indispensáveis para tratar o material obtido através das várias rondas de entrevistas planeadas.

Por fim, tomando a abordagem da investigação académica como uma prática politicamente engajada e apreciando o lugar de privilégio que a academia é e constitui, haverá uma preocupação fundamental com a procura de pontes entre os resultados obtidos e a sua divulgação junto de stakeholders e responsáveis por políticas públicas.

Boracay Young Professionals

by Historically Digitized

Boracay Young Professionals and the Environment @ the Lamberto H. Tirol National High School in Yapak, Boracay Island

User-Generated Content: Cultural Practices and Creativity in the Digital Era

by Enza Maria Paolino

Humaniser le regard : du photojournalisme humanitaire à l'usage humanitaire de la photographie

by Caroline Caron

COMMposite, V2007.1, p. 1-19.

Au cours des dernières années, la critique postcoloniale a remis en question les prétentions humanitaires du... more Au cours des dernières années, la critique postcoloniale a remis en question les prétentions humanitaires du photojournalisme. Cette critique n'a toutefois pas engendré de débat public, pas plus qu'elle n'a transformé les modes de production, de diffusion et de réception des images humanitaires dans les médias de masse occidentaux. La question demeure donc entière : une autre approche du photojournalisme est-elle possible ? À partir d'une étude de cas, ce texte propose une réflexion sur le sujet. Le cas retenu est l'album photographique Shootback. Photos by kids from Nairobi slums (Wong, 1999), résultant d'un projet d'aide internationale au Kenya. Il semble que la transposition de l'approche ethnographique de ce projet au photojournalisme pourrait contribuer au renouvellement du genre médiatique qu'est le photojournalisme

Popular Culture and Literacy Practices

by Donna Alvermann

A version of Chapter 23 - Popular Culture and Literacy Practices - by Donna E. Alvermann in M. L. Kamil, P. D. Pearson, E. B. Moje, & P. P. Afflerbach (Eds.). (2011). Handbook of Reading Research: Volume IV, pp. 541-560. New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

This chapter addresses three debates that have arisen from popular culture’s increased presence in the field of... more This chapter addresses three debates that have arisen from popular culture’s increased presence in the field of literacy education. Although the term popular culture may evoke notions of the ephemeral, literacy researchers’ interests in this topic are neither transient nor narrowly focused. As a way into this literature, the chapter begins with an historical overview of how the textual and social practices of popular culture connect to 21st century literacy practices. Next, it offers an interpretive analysis of the three debates at the intersection of popular culture and literacy practices. It concludes with a set of implications for theory, research, and classroom practice in literacy education.

Children’s electronic gaming content preferences and psychosocial factors : is there a connection?

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Brandtzæg, P. B.,& Heim, J. (2009). Children’s Electronic Gaming Content Preferences and Psychosocial Factors – Is there a connection? Nordicom Review, 30(2), 69-87

The gaming industry has dramatically increased the range of choices for different game genres and content. Despite... more The gaming industry has dramatically increased the range of choices for different game genres and content. Despite this, research on psychosocial factors in children and electronic gaming has primarily focused on time spent on games rather than on content preferences. The present study goes beyond the traditional focus on electronic game frequency by investigating whether children’s personal gaming content preferences are associated with psychosocial factors (self-concept, social competence and parental monitoring). This is accomplished by surveying 825 schoolchildren between ten and twelve years of age (5th, 6th and 7th grade) in Norway. A preference for violent games was moderately associated with low social acceptance among peers. Preference for pedagogical games was associ- ated with high scholastic and athletic competence as well as perceived levels of parental monitoring. A preference for fantasy gaming was positively related to scholastic compe- tence. Finally, preference for competitive games was strongly associated with experienced athletic competence.

Media User Types among Young Children and Social Displacement

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Endestad, T., Heim, J. Kaare, B., Torgersen, L., & Brandtzæg, P.B. (2011). Media user types among young children and social displacement. Nordicom Review, 32(1), 17-30.

There is a lack of research on the role that new media play in the life of young children under the age of 13 years.... more There is a lack of research on the role that new media play in the life of young children under the age of 13 years. Hence, the aim of the present study was to investigate the rela- tionship between distinct media user types and social displacement among children under the age of 13. A sample of 1,117 Norwegian schoolchildren from the age of 7 to 12 years responded to a questionnaire about their computer game-playing habits and their use of computers, the Internet, mobile phones and television. The results indicate four specific user types reflecting children’s various uses of new media: a) Advanced Users, b) Offline Gamers, c) Instrumental Users, and d) Low Users. Some indications of displacement were found between TV, reading and drawing and between new media usage and participation in organized sports activities. At the same time, clear indications support the “more is more” hypothesis, which predicts that active media users will be active children.

Norwegian Children's Experiences of Cyberbullying When Using Different Technological Platforms

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Brandtzæg, P.B ., Staksrud, E., Hagen, I., & Wold, T. (2009). Norwegian children’s experiences of cyberbullying in different technological platforms. Journal of Children and Media, 3(4), 349-365.

Cyberbullying is an emerging threat to children in Europe. However, European research into this topic is scant and... more Cyberbullying is an emerging threat to children in Europe. However, European research into this topic is scant and knowledge of it incomplete. In this study, “cyberbullying” involves the use of different technological platforms to support hostile behavior by an individual or group that harm others. The article examines whether children's experience of cyberbullying differs according to technological platforms and socio-demographic variables. Results from two Norwegian studies show that cyberbullying most often occurs via e-mail, and that girls and frequent users of the internet are more likely to encounter cyberbullying. Most cyberbullying encountered in social networking sites was sexual and took place in communities in which the users are anonymous. This was most often encountered by teenage girls and perpetrated by adults.

Gender differences and the digital divide in Norway-is there really a gendered divide

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Brandtzæg, P. B., Heim, J., Kaare, B. H. Endestad, T.,& Torgersen, L. (2005). Gender Differences and The Digital Divide in Norway - Is there really a Gendered divide? Paper presented at The International Conference of Childhoods: Children and Youth in Emerging and Transforming Societies, 0-473, Oslo, Norway. June 29-July 3

The digital divide has aroused a great deal of public interest lately. According to both international and Norwegian... more The digital divide has aroused a great deal of public interest lately. According to both international and Norwegian research, this issue represents one of the most important challenges facing the “communication knowledge” sector of society. UNESCO recognises in particular the gender divide as the most significant inequality to be amplified by the digital revolution. This paper describes in detail the gender differences or gender divide in the use of new media technologies among Norwegian children aged 7 to 12 years. Our findings demonstrate that mere access is not a sufficient condition for facilitating usage by children of digital media. Nearly all Norwegian children, regardless of gender, have access to new media such as the Internet and computers, but more boys than girls use media technologies. However, boys do have more access to new media in their own bedrooms. The boys do, in addition, spend more time on media compared to girls who actually use new media. The only technology girls use just as much as boys is the mobile telephone. Further, the findings show that boys and girls also differ in their purposes and content preferences. Boys tend towards a more entertainment related use and a more advanced type of media use compared to girls, who are mostly utility users. But existing research has not sufficiently documented the specific advantages of access to and different types of use of digital media; we therefore doubt previous research in documenting the gendered digital divide.

Children's usage of media technologies and psychosocial factors

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Heim, J., Brandtzæg, P. B., Endestad, T., Kaare, B. H., & Torgersen, L. (2007). Children’s Usage of Media Technologies and Psychosocial Factors. New Media & Society 9(3), 425-454.

Media use has changed considerably during the past five years and earlier research has produced contradictory results... more Media use has changed considerably during the past five years and earlier research has produced contradictory results on how media use links to children's psychosocial factors. This study charts the access to and use of several media technologies among 825 Norwegian schoolchildren between 10 and 12 years of age. The questionnaire contained items concerning children's self-concept, parental monitoring and social competence. It found that children engage with different kind of media activities and some of these are significantly related to psychosocial factors, however, these correlations were in general quite small. Entertainment usage was associated with low scholastic competence. Both utility usage and heavy advanced usage of new media were related to self-perceptions of athletic competence. Low social acceptance was linked to Gameboy usage and advanced usage of media. Finally, there was a relationship between experienced parental monitoring and utility usage of media technology. The possible implications for these empirical relations are discussed.

In the borderland between family orientation and peer culture: The use of communication technologies among Norwegian tweens

by Petter Bae Brandtzaeg

Kaare, B. H., Brandtzæg, P. B., Endestad, T., & Heim, J. (2007). In the Borderland Between Family orientation and Peer-culture: The Use of Communication Technologies among Norwegian Tweens. New Media & Society, 9(4), 603-624.

This article explores the use of mediated communication among Norwegian children aged between 10 and 12 years. The... more This article explores the use of mediated communication among Norwegian children aged between 10 and 12 years. The analysis is based on a survey and 88 qualitative interviews with 130 children about their use of different types of communication technologies. This allowed a sketch of connections between the nature of the childrens' social relationships, mediated content and various means of communication employed. Six main content categories of mediated communication were identified. The study points out that new media technologies offer the children new ways of communicating content and meaning which were not easily communicated by children before; both aggressive and emotionally positive content are exchanged more easily through digital technologies than face-to-face. Above all, the children use communication technologies to build and strengthen relationships for the benefit of their schoolmates and friends. Whether the use of new communication technologies, Short Message Service (SMS) in particular, is accelerating the ongoing process of individualization of the family, is discussed.

Updating Life Story Work for Use With a Technologically Proficient Generation: a review

by Simon Hammond

Where was I born? Where did I get my blue eyes from? Why do I support my favourite football team? For the majority of... more Where was I born? Where did I get my blue eyes from? Why do I support my favourite football team? For the majority of people answers to such questions are generally known and can be found through talking with their birth families. However, 'Looked after' children are one population that may not be able to rely solely on this dialogue and therefore can often have more questions than they are able to create answers to. This can be further compounded by the reported high number of placement moves experienced by young people in care (Munro & Hardy, 2007; Sinclair, Baker, Lee, & Gibbs, 2007).

In an effort to address these knowledge gaps and to create a coherent narrative, Life Story Work is often carried out with young people looked after in the care system (Ryan & Walker, 2003). This process is deemed to be something that should start the moment the young person enters the care system (Falberg, 1994; Rose & Philpot, 2005; Ryan & Walker, 2007) and attempts to piece together aspects of this lost self-knowledge through the creation of a Life Story Book. Nevertheless, there appears to be a dearth of Life Story Work being undertaken with adolescents living in English residential care homes. This may lead to problems in identify construction and self-knowledge acquisition, resulting in a less than advantageous transition into adulthood. The following discussion aims to highlight the possible barriers to Life Story Work in English residential homes whilst raising an awareness of its benefits. Following this the possible use of culturally familiar technologies will be discussed as possible solutions.

Facebook Friend or Facebook foe?

by Simon Hammond

This paper reports on an aspect of a recent PhD project which represents a movement towards raising awareness of... more This paper reports on an aspect of a recent PhD project which represents a movement towards raising awareness of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) as tool for promoting improvements in the mental and physical well-being of Britain’s most vulnerable young people. The paper reports on research undertaken exploring how young people living in residential care settings view their use of a particular Social Networking Site (SNS), Facebook.

Critical Investigation - ScreenPlay

by Alice Atkinson-Bonasio