Research Catalog

Title

Constructing the self in a digital world / edited by Cynthia Carter Ching, Brian J. Foley.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ching, Cynthia Carter, 1972-
• Foley, Brian J., 1968-

Description

xi, 254 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Learning in doing: social, cognitive and computational perspectives

Uniform Title

Learning in doing.

Subjects

• Identity (Psychology)
• Self-culture
• Online identities
• Educational technology > Social aspects
• Learning
• Internet and teenagers
• Digital media > Social aspects
• Computer-assisted instruction > Social aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Connecting conversations about technology, learning, and identity / Cynthia Carter Ching and Brian J. Foley -- Introduction part I. Developmental perspectives / Cynthia Carter Ching -- "This is me": digital photo journals and young children's technologies of the self / Cynthia Carter Ching and X. Christine Wang -- Digital storytelling and authoring identity / Alan Davis and Daniel Weinshenker -- Building identities as experts: youth learning in an urban after-school space / Carol Cuthbertson Thompson and Lisa Bouillion Diaz -- Positive technological development: the multifaceted nature of youth technology use toward improving self and society / Marina Bers, Alicia Doyle-Lynch, and Clement Chau -- Introduction part II. Identities unleashed / Brian J. Foley -- "You can make friends easier on a boy face": identity play and learning in a multiuser virtual environment / Brian J. Foley ... [et al.] -- Deleting the male gaze? Tech-savvy girls and new femininities in secondary school classrooms / Claire Charles -- Affiliation in the enactment of fan identity: a comparison of virtual and face-to-face settings / Caroline Pelletier and Natasha Whiteman -- Navigating life as an avatar: the shifting identities-in-practice of a girl player in a tween virtual world / Deborah A. Fields and Yasmin B. Kafai.

Call Number

JFE 13-7918

ISBN

• 9780521513326 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0521513324 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2012009111

OCLC

779264914

Title

Constructing the self in a digital world / edited by Cynthia Carter Ching, Brian J. Foley.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Series

Learning in doing: social, cognitive and computational perspectives

Learning in doing.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Ching, Cynthia Carter, 1972-

Foley, Brian J., 1968-

Research Call Number

JFE 13-7918