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Do we have your attention? 2001

Discussion and links. Very good resource.

"Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Teen fans and movie makers as members of participatory culture. Another long article, but one of you should read and highlight - you'll get some good understanding of participatory culture and how youth are participating in it creatively.

Do-It-Yourself Broadcasting: Writing Weblogs in a Knowledge Society Very cool article that talks about not opnly blogging, a core paert of participatory culture, but also has some great analysis of how media manipulates our understanding of events. Scroll down to the middle images to see some shocking info re how we were fooled at the beginning of the Iraq War.

Academic article, but worth digging through and highlighting the bits you understand. Introduces the idea of "collective intelligence" and the way youth understand digital technology.

This study on the effects of gaming concludes that by providing spaces for social interaction and relationships beyond the workplace and home, MMOs have the capacity to function as one form of a new "third place" for informal sociability. Participation in such virtual "third places" appears particularly well suited to the formation of bridging social capital-social relationships that, while not usually providing deep emotional support, typically function to expose the individual to a diversity of worldviews.

Cool article about social networking, including why some adults worry about it. Understandable and interesting. Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Adults often worry about the amount of time that youth spend online, arguing that the digital does not replace the physical. Most teens would agree. It is not the technology that encourages youth to spend time online - it's the lack of mobility and access to youth space where they can hang out uninterrupted.

Henry Jenkins and others at MIT.

Mind boggling array of up to the minute information re the new media in education.

Wow. Massive amount of relevant information re how the new media is being used by educators.

Class on participatory media with links to some of what we've been researching.

Website from Henry Jenkins re all things new media & participatory culture. Teaching units, strategy guides, all sorts of useful tools for teachers and librarians.