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4/02/07
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Jen Humke
AERA Reception Hosted by MacArthur
If you’re in Chicago next week, we’re hosting a reception at the AERA conference, which will bring together education professionals from around the world.1/12/07
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Larry Johnson
Larry Johnson: Who’s Listening to the Avatars?
Recent online conversations revealed a great disparity of perceptions on questions of identity, credibility, and civic engagement between those who have spent time in virtual worlds, and those who haven’t. Is it right to reject virtual worlds as irrelevant before exploring them?12/15/06
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Susannah Stern
Susannah Stern: Girls Gone Wild? I don’t think so…
It’s easier to deride girls for being superficial and imprudent than to recognize that, online, girls are practicing how to be part of our culture.12/14/06
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danah boyd
danah boyd: net neutrality is critical for youth participation
Net neutrality is not just a geek thing; it’s a generation thing. If we want to build a world where youth have a voice online, we have to keep the net neutral.12/13/06
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Rebekah Willett
Rebekah Willett: Commodified Identities?
Is Google’s purchase of YouTube and similarly Murdoch’s purchase of MySpace an issue for research on online identity?12/13/06
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Angela Booker
Angela Booker: Participation = Power?
Institutions may be of paramount significance to understanding links between commodification, access, and engagement.12/12/06
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Shelley Goldman
Shelley Goldman: intentional environments—good for youth?
Youth who want to change the world can use some help. It’s not all self-discovery and anarchy out there and some pedagogies really are helping youth make a difference.12/12/06
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Sandra Weber
Sandra Weber thinks that ‘public’ is young people’s new ‘private.’
Young people often realize that their blogs and homepages are public and accessible. This doesn’t bother them because they trust that only their peers are interested enough to view them. Adults are supposed to know where they are not welcome and act accordingly.12/12/06
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David Buckingham
This week’s theme: identity in digital media
We’ll be spotlighting voices drawn from the MacArthur Series online dialogs on identity conducted this fall.12/11/06
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David Buckingham
David Buckingham: Considering Identity
The editor of the MacArthur Series volume on Identity breaks down some of the core questions his group is tackling.11/14/06
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Raiford Guins
Raiford Guins: User Generated Content?
Race & ethnicity online aren’t magically freed of biases, prejudices, or power relations. [Part I of II]11/14/06
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Dara N. Byrne
Dara N. Byrne: lurking on a racially dedicated social networking site
On the “territorial impulse,” participation growth, and the need for further study…11/13/06
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Anna Everett
Anna Everett: considering race and ethnicity in digital media
This brief overview of the topic hits on the changing role of visual imagery, identity politics, and how an alternative to censorship might be the deployment of media literacy skills.10/20/06
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danah boyd
