December 15, 2006
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.
Category: IdentityMark C, Susannah Stern, Mark C,

December 14, 2006
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. 
Category: Identity

December 13, 2006
Rebekah Willett: Commodified Identities?: Is Google’s purchase of YouTube and similarly Murdoch’s purchase of MySpace an issue for research on online identity?
Category: Identity

December 13, 2006
Angela Booker: Participation = Power?: Institutions may be of paramount significance to understanding links between commodification, access, and engagement.
Category: Identity

December 12, 2006
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.
Category: Identity

December 12, 2006
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…
Category: IdentityDan Young, Steve Van Dyk, Jennifer,

December 12, 2006
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.
Category: IdentityLucy Bernholz, Dr. DJ Chandler,

December 11, 2006
David Buckingham: Considering Identity: The editor of the MacArthur Series volume on Identity breaks down some of the core questions his group is tackling.
Category: Identity A. Guimarin,

December 9, 2006
Luke Walker: Globalize This! A film festival powered by social networking: What inspired 8th grade studens in Scarborough, Ontario, to take action? Social networking for social good through TakingITGlobal.org…
Category: Civic-EngagementRob Newbold,

December 8, 2006
Kate Raynes-Goldie: TakingITGlobal and the importance of involving youth: Online hang out spaces for teens are getting a bad rap while the potentials of the sites are ignored. Sites like TakingITGlobal.org demonstrate some of the possibilies.
Category: Civic-Engagement

December 7, 2006
Howard Rheingold on participatory media, public voice, civic engagement: Can participatory media literacy be an effective channel for introducing young people to civic engagement?
Category: Civic-Engagement

December 7, 2006
Teachout: A Diet for a New Media America: Radical changes are needed in teaching students about internet and power to save democratic culture…
Category: Civic-Engagement K. Guidry, Mark C,

December 6, 2006
Cathy Davidson on “Performing Civic Engagement”: Civic engagement comes in many forms and not all of them have to do with voting booths.
Category: Civic-Engagement

December 5, 2006
Bers on civics: moving from designing curriculum to supporting experience: How do we leverage youth’s interest in new technologies by developing technology-based educational programs to promote civic engagement?
Category: Civic-EngagementMargaret Corbitc,

December 5, 2006
Michael X. Delli Carpini’s Definitions of Key Terms: One of the difficulties in discussing the impact of digital media on civic and political engagement is a lack of clarity on what we mean by these terms. So let me suggest some simple (simplistic?)…
Category: Civic-EngagementAnne Albert,

December 5, 2006
This Week’s Theme: Civic Engagement: We’ll be spotlighting voices drawn from the online dialogs on Civic Engagement conducted earlier this month as part of the MacArthur Series.
Category: Civic-EngagementJoshua Goldstein,

December 4, 2006
Bennett - Civic Engagement: Environments that Help Young People Go Public: How can digital media environments and communication skills bring young people to public life?
Category: Civic-EngagementMichael Chui, Geoff McGovern, Mechelle De Craene, Carol Minton Morris,

December 3, 2006
How are young people using digital media in surprising ways?: “What surprises you about young people’s use of digital media?” In the MacArthur open forums, we asked teachers to post their answers to this question.  Here’s a quick sampling of their responses.
Category: UnexpectedArthur Ballard, Sandy LeBarron,

December 2, 2006
Justine Cassell: disparity between girls’ use and career choices: Why doesn’t girls’ use of digital media result in girls believing they are good at the use of digital media?
Category: UnexpectedLindax, J. Windish, Anastasia Goodstein, K. Guidry, Justine Cassell, Justine Cassell, Mechelle De Craene, Sim, Steve,

November 30, 2006
Christian Sandvig: Is A&R the new R&D?: Young programmers may be the new rock stars, if digital media allow anyone to make their own software and content.  Is it true that the next big thing on the Internet can be “scouted” and…
Category: Unexpected