The Class : Living and Learning in the Digital Age /

Livingstone, Sonia M.,

The Class : Living and Learning in the Digital Age / Sonia Livingstone and Julian Sefton-Green. - 1 online resource (368 pages). - Connected youth and digital futures . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Introduction : an invitation to meet the class -- Living and learning in the digital age -- A year of fieldwork -- Networks and social worlds -- Identities and relationships -- Life at school : from routines to civility -- Learning at school : measuring and levelling the self -- Life at home together and apart -- Making space for learning in the home -- Learning to play music : class, culture, and taste -- Life trajectories, social mobility, and cultural capital -- Conclusions : conservative, competitive or connected.

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Do today's youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new routes to learning and friendship? How do they navigate the meaning of education in a digitally connected but fiercely competitive, highly individualised world? Based upon fieldwork at an ordinary London school, 'The Class' examines young people's experiences of growing up and learning in a digital world. It explores youth values, teenagers' perspectives on their futures, and their tactics for facing the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.


In English.

9781479863570




Teenagers--Social conditions.
Teenagers--Education.
Teenagers--Attitudes.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Information society--Social aspects.
Digital media--Social aspects.
COMPUTERS--Reference.
COMPUTERS--Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS--Information Technology.
COMPUTERS--Hardware--General.
COMPUTERS--Data Processing.
COMPUTERS--Computer Science.
COMPUTERS--Computer Literacy.
sociology of knowledge.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
Technologie et jeunesse--Aspect social--Angleterre--Londres.
Internet et adolescents--Aspect social--Angleterre--Londres.
Societe informatisee--Aspect social--Angleterre--Londres.
Medias numeriques--Aspect social.--Angleterre--Londres
Adolescents--Attitudes.--Angleterre--Londres
Adolescents--Éducation--Angleterre--Londres.
Adolescents--Conditions sociales.--Angleterre--Londres
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Technology and youth--Social aspects--England--London.
Internet and teenagers--Social aspects--England--London.
Information society--Social aspects--England--London.
Digital media--Social aspects--England--London.
Teenagers--Attitudes.--England--London
Teenagers--Education--England--London.
Teenagers--Social conditions.--England--London


England--London.


Electronic books.