Digital Media and Technology in Afterschool Programs, Libraries, and Museums

by Diana Rhoten, Becky Herr-Stephenson, Dan Perkel, et al.

An investigation of how three kinds of youth organizations have integrated digital practices into their programs.

Digital media and technology have become culturally and economically powerful parts of contemporary middle-class American childhoods. Immersed in various forms of digital media as well as mobile and Web-based technologies, young people today appear to develop knowledge and skills through participation in media. This MacArthur...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515768
• ISBN13: 9780262515764
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher