Cyberkids : Youth Identities and Communities in an On-line World

ISBN-13: 9780415230582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 192 str.

Sarah Holloway; Gill Valentine

Opis

As Tony Blair has argued technology has revolutionized the way we work and is now set to transform education. Children cannot be effective in tomorrow's world if they are trained in yesterday's skills.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. The Information Society: Geographies of Social Inclusion and Exclusion 3. Computer Whiz or Technophobe? 4. On-line Spaces and 'Virtual Worlds' 5. Forming Friendships and Constructing Communities 6. Multiple Temporalities 7. Strategies of Control and Resistance 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Sarah L. Holloway is a lecturer in Geography at the University of Loughborough., Gill Valentine is Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield.