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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812615803321

Autore

Holloway Sarah L. <1970, >

Titolo

Cyberkids : children in the information age / / Sarah L. Holloway and Gill Valentine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-36180-4

1-136-36173-1

1-315-01125-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ValentineGill <1965->

Disciplina

305.2/3

Soggetti

Children - Social networks

Technology and children

Internet and children

Identity (Psychology) in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Cyberkids; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Cyberworlds: children in the Information Age; 2 The digital divide? Children, ICT and social exclusion; 3 Peer pressure: ICT in the classroom; 4 On-line dangers: questions of competence and risk; 5 Life around the screen: the place of ICT in the 'family' home; 6 Cybergeographies: children's on-line worlds; 7 Bringing children and technology together; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As Tony Blair has said, ""Technology has revolutionised 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.""Cyberkids draws together research in the sociology of childhood and social studies of technology to explore children's experiences in the Information Age. The book addresses key policy debates about social inclusion and exclusion, children's identities and friendships in on-line and off-line worlds and their relationships with families and teachers. It co