Global Youth in Digital Trajectories explores the most recent developments regarding youth and media in a global perspective. Representing an innovative contribution to virtual research methods, this book presents research carried out in areas as diverse as Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Russia, and India. The volume examines which new anthropological, and cultural-historical conditions and changes arise in connection with the widespread presence of digital media in the lives of the networked teens. Indeed, it is highlighted that the differentiation between an offline world and an online world is inapplicable to the lives of most young people.
Exploring youth’s imaginary productions, personal sense-making processes and cross-media dialogues in today’s multimedia worlds, Global Youth in Digital Trajectories will be of particular interest to undergraduates and postgraduates in the fields of sociology, anthropology, education studies, media research and cultural studies. It may also appeal to practitioners in social work and schools.
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"Introduction: Exploring Global Youth in Digital Trajectories Michalis Kontopodis, Christos Varvantakis & Christoph Wulf Chapter 1: Digital Identity Building: A Dialogue with Berlin Technology & Computer Science Students Nika Daryan & Christoph Wulf Chapter 2: Young People, Facebook and Pedagogy: Recognizing Contemporary Forms of Multimodal Text Making Jeff Bezemer & Gunther Kress Chapter 3: Playing Sports with Nintendo Wii in Berlin: Technography, Interactivity & Imagination Nino Ferrin & Michalis Kontopodis Chapter 4: Digital Filmmaking as a Means for the Development of Reflection: A Case Study of a Disabled University Student in Moscow Olga Rubtsova & Natalya Ulanova Chapter 5: Youth Tubing the Greek Crisis: A Cultural-Historical Perspective Manolis Dafermos, Sofia Triliva and Christos Varvantakis Chapter 6: Dove YouTube Campaign ""The Pressure on Young Girls & Women to Fit an Artificial Body Ideal"": A Sequential Analysis Alexios Brailas, Giorgos Alexias & Konstantinos Koskinas Chapter 7: Youth, Facebook and Mediated Protest in India: A Cross-Media Exploration Supriya Chotani Chapter 8: Enhancing Multimedia Use in State Secondary Schools in São Paulo: Α Critical Collaborative Perspective Fernanda Liberali, Maria Cecília Magalhães, Maria Cristina Meaney, Camila Santiago, Maurício Canuto, Feliciana Amaral, Bruna Cababe & Jessica Santos Instead of an Epilogue: Iconophagy: Impact and Impulses for Global Youth & Education Norval Baitello jun. List of Contributors & Biographical Information Index"
Michalis Kontopodis is a Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, University of Sheffield, UK. Christos Varvantakis is a Research Fellow at the School of Education & Social Work, University of Sussex, UK. Christoph Wulf is Professor for Anthropology and Education at Free University Berlin, Germany.
Reviews for Global Youth in Digital Trajectories
This is a fascinating and thought provoking volume on youth engagement with digital technology and one that is genuinely transnational and transdisciplinary in flavour. Studies of gaming, video production and social media show how new technologies are woven into the lives of young people, supporting their developing sense of agency and civic engagement. An important contribution to the field. Guy Merchant, Professor of Literacy in Education, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
