Young People in Digital Society

Young People in Digital Society
Author: Amanda Third
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2019-12-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137573694

This book adopts a critical youth studies approach and theorizes the digital as a key feature of the everyday to analyse how ideas about youth and cyber-safety, digital inclusion and citizenship are mobilized. Despite a growing interest in the benefits and opportunities for young people online, both ‘young people’ and ‘the digital’ continue to be constructed primarily as sites of social and cultural anxiety requiring containment and control. Juxtaposing public policy, popular educational and parental framings of young people’s digital practices with the insights from fieldwork conducted with young Australians aged 12–25, the book highlights the generative possibilities of attending to intergenerational tensions. In doing so, the authors show how a shift beyond the paradigm of control opens up towards a deeper understanding of the capacities that are generated in and through digital life for young and old alike. Young People in Digital Society will be of interest to scholars and students in youth studies, cultural studies, sociology, education, and media and communications.

Young Citizens and Political Participation in a Digital Society

Young Citizens and Political Participation in a Digital Society
Author: P. Collin
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781137348821

Drawing on diverse theoretical perspectives, this book examines questions of youth citizenship and participation by exploring their meanings in policy, practice and youth experience. It examines young people's participation in non-government and youth-led organisations, and asks what can be done to bridge the democratic disconnect.

The Inglorious Years

The Inglorious Years
Author: Daniel Cohen
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691206155

The book describes how today's postindustrial society is transforming us all into sequences of data that can be manipulated by algorithms from anywhere on the planet. As yesterday's assembly line was replaced by working online, the leftist protests of the 1960s have given way to angry protests by the populist right. The author demonstrates how the digital economy creates the same mix of promises and disappointments as the old industrial order, and how it revives questions about society that are as relevant to us today as they were to the ancients

Youth Prospects in the Digital Society

Youth Prospects in the Digital Society
Author: Bynner, John
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-03-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447351495

In an age when the next generation have worse prospects than those of their parents, this book appraises the challenges young people face resulting from the instability of their lives. Based on youth experience of education, employment and political participation in England and Germany, the book examines the impact of digitalisation in the context of rising inequality, accelerating technological transformation, fragile European institutions, growing nationalism and mental and economic stress arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The insights gained point to young peoples’ agency as central to acquiring the skills and resources needed to shape their future in the digital society.

Youth Work in a Digital Society

Youth Work in a Digital Society
Author: Zaremohzzabieh, Zeinab
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2020-03-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 179982957X

The integration of digital technologies into practice presents opportunities and challenges for the field of youth work. Digitalization procedures transform interactions with users, in addition to their needs. These also transform the organizations where youth workers are involved in professional practice. Adapting digital technological tools is a crucial challenge for the youth work profession. Youth Work in a Digital Society is an essential scholarly publication that explores how to overcome any challenges and issues facing youth development work in the digital age and to what extent modern digital technologies can contribute to empowering youth work practice. Featuring a wide range of topics such as digital inclusion, mobile technologies, and social media, this book is ideal for executives, managers, researchers, professionals, academicians, policymakers, practitioners, and students.

Technology, Innovation and Creativity in Digital Society

Technology, Innovation and Creativity in Digital Society
Author: Daria Bylieva
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3030897087

This book requires an interdisciplinary understanding of creativity, ideal for the formation of a digital public culture. Educating students, young professionals and future engineers is to develop their capacity for creativity. Can creativity be learned? With this question, the relations of technology and art appear in a new light. Especially the notion of "progress" takes on a new meaning and must be distinguished from innovation. The discussion of particular educational approaches, the exploration of digital technologies and the presentation of best practice examples conclude the book. University teachers show how the teaching of creativity reinforces the teaching of other subjects, especially foreign languages.

Understanding Digital Societies

Understanding Digital Societies
Author: Jessamy Perriam
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2021-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529733871

Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it. You will be introduced to core sociological ideas and texts along with exciting global examples that shed light on how we can use sociology to understand the world around us. This innovative, new textbook: Provides unique insights into using theory to help explain the prevalence of digital objects in everyday interactions. Explores crucial relationships between humans, machines and emerging AI technologies. Discusses thought-provoking contemporary issues such as the uses and abuses of technologies in local and global communities. Understanding Digital Societies is a must-read for students of digital sociology, sociology of media, digital media and society, and other related fields.

Digital Sociology

Digital Sociology
Author: Deborah Lupton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2014-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317691806

We now live in a digital society. New digital technologies have had a profound influence on everyday life, social relations, government, commerce, the economy and the production and dissemination of knowledge. People’s movements in space, their purchasing habits and their online communication with others are now monitored in detail by digital technologies. We are increasingly becoming digital data subjects, whether we like it or not, and whether we choose this or not. The sub-discipline of digital sociology provides a means by which the impact, development and use of these technologies and their incorporation into social worlds, social institutions and concepts of selfhood and embodiment may be investigated, analysed and understood. This book introduces a range of interesting social, cultural and political dimensions of digital society and discusses some of the important debates occurring in research and scholarship on these aspects. It covers the new knowledge economy and big data, reconceptualising research in the digital era, the digitisation of higher education, the diversity of digital use, digital politics and citizen digital engagement, the politics of surveillance, privacy issues, the contribution of digital devices to embodiment and concepts of selfhood and many other topics. Digital Sociology is essential reading not only for students and academics in sociology, anthropology, media and communication, digital cultures, digital humanities, internet studies, science and technology studies, cultural geography and social computing, but for other readers interested in the social impact of digital technologies.

Digital Society for the IB Diploma

Digital Society for the IB Diploma
Author: Eli Bomfim
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 941
Release: 2022-11-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1398364142

Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate® Ensure full coverage of the new Digital Society course with this accessible coursebook written by an experienced international team of IB educators and examiners, enabling students to build skills and understand the importance and impact of digital systems and technologies in the contemporary world. - Explore digital society through the key concepts, content and contexts of the syllabus with clear, real world, internationally-minded examples for each topic. - Delve into the higher-level extension challenges and interventions in digital society using contemporary, real-world issues that allow students to formulate their own recommendations, with chapter reflections to consolidate learning throughout. - Essential tools for inquiry are integrated throughout the course, with links to ATL, TOK, and extended essay. - Specific chapters and activities are featured for conducting inquiries suitable for SL and HL students, with added extended inquiries for HL students. - Prepare for the inquiry project with step-by-step guidance, advice, practice questions and top tips on how to maximise potential in the assessment.

Digital Youth

Digital Youth
Author: Kaveri Subrahmanyam
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1441962786

Youth around the world are fittingly described as digital natives because of their comfort and skill with technological hardware and content. Recent studies indicate that an overwhelming majority of children and teenagers use the Internet, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Equipped with familiarity and unprecedented access, it is no wonder that adolescents consume, create, and share copious amounts of content. But is there a cost? Digital Youth: The Role of Media in Development recognizes the important role of digital tools in the lives of teenagers and presents both the risks and benefits of these new interactive technologies. From social networking to instant messaging to text messaging, the authors create an informative and relevant guidebook that goes beyond description to include developmental theory and implications. Also woven throughout the book is an international sensitivity and understanding that clarifies how, despite the widespread popularity of digital communication, technology use varies between groups globally. Other specific topics addressed include: Sexuality on the Internet. Online identity and self-presentation. Morality, ethics, and civic engagement. Technology and health. Violence, cyberbullying, and victimization. Excessive Internet use and addictive behavior. This comprehensive volume is a must-have reference for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students across such disciplines as developmental/clinical child/school psychology, social psychology, media psychology, medical and allied health professions, education, and social work.