Young people and new media : childhood and the changing media environment

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Title:

Young people and new media : childhood and the changing media environment

Author:

Livingstone, Sonia M.

ISBN:

9780761964674

9780761964667

Personal Author:

Livingstone, Sonia M.

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.

Physical Description:

viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Based on material previously reported in: Young people, new media / Sonia Livingstone, Moira Bovill. London : London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999.

Contents:

Childhood, Youth and the Changing Media Environment -- Children and Young People's Media Access and Use -- Media, Leisure and Lifestyle -- Media at Home -- The Family Context of Media Use -- From Print to Screen.

Abstract:

"Combining a comprehensive literature review with original empirical research on young people's use of new media, this book provides a fresh and in-depth discussion of the increasingly complex relationship between the media and childhood, the family and the home." "We can no longer imagine our daily lives without media and communication technologies. At the start of the 21st century, the home is being transformed into the site of a multimedia culture. This book looks at the discussions around the potential benefits of this new media and asks: What impact are the new media having on childhood and adolescence? Are these technologies changing the nature of young people's leisure and sociability? And has the participation of children in private and public life changed?"--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Mass media and youth.

Mass media and children.

Mass media and families.

Added Author:

Livingstone, Sonia M. Young people, new media.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2002512111.html

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Combining a comprehensive literature review with original empirical research on young people′s use of new media, this book provides a fresh and in-depth discussion of the increasingly complex relationship between the media and childhood, the family and the home.

We can no longer imagine our daily lives without media and communication technologies. At the start of the 21st century, the home is being transformed into the site of a multimedia culture. This book looks at the discussions around the potential benefits of this new media and asks: What impact are the new media having on childhood and adolescence? Are these technologies changing the nature of young people′s leisure and sociability? and has the participation of children in private and public life changed?