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Worried about the wrong things : youth, risk, and opportunity in the digital world / Jacqueline Ryan Vickery.

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It's a familiar narrative in both real life and fiction, from news reports to television storylines: a young person is bullied online, or targeted by an online predator, or exposed to sexually explicit content. The consequences are bleak; the young person is shunned, suicidal, psychologically r...

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Online Access: Full Text (via MIT Press)
Main Author: Vickery, Jacqueline Ryan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Series:John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning.
Subjects:
Information society > United States.
Digital media > Social aspects > United States.
Information technology > Social aspects > United States.
Internet and teenagers > United States.
Internet > Safety measures.
Internet > Security measures.
Digital media > Social aspects.
Information society.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Internet and teenagers.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a generation at risk?
  • I. Risk. Historical fears : teens, technology, and anxiety
  • Policies of panic : porn, predators, and peers
  • Access denied : information, knowledge, and literacy
  • Negotiating control : distractions, stress, and boredom
  • II. Experiences. Networked sharing : participation, copyright, and values
  • Visible privacy : norms, preferences, and strategies
  • (Dis)connected pathways : expectations, goals, and opportunities
  • Conclusion : opportunity-driven expectations.

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