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001 2013017948
003 DLC
005 20140613120904.0
008 130509s2013 ctua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013017948
020 $a9780300196214 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHQ799.9.I58$bG37 2013
082 00 $a004.67/80835$223
084 $aPSY004000$aSOC047000$aSOC052000$aTEC052000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aGardner, Howard,$d1943-
245 14 $aThe app generation :$bhow today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination in a digital world /$cHoward Gardner and Katie Davis.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axii, 244 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a" No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply-some would say totally-involved with digital media. Professors Howard Gardner and Katie Davis name today's young people The App Generation, and in this spellbinding book they explore what it means to be "app-dependent" versus "app-enabled" and how life for this generation differs from life before the digital era. Gardner and Davis are concerned with three vital areas of adolescent life: identity, intimacy, and imagination. Through innovative research, including interviews of young people, focus groups of those who work with them, and a unique comparison of youthful artistic productions before and after the digital revolution, the authors uncover the drawbacks of apps: they may foreclose a sense of identity, encourage superficial relations with others, and stunt creative imagination. On the other hand, the benefits of apps are equally striking: they can promote a strong sense of identity, allow deep relationships, and stimulate creativity. The challenge is to venture beyond the ways that apps are designed to be used, Gardner and Davis conclude, and they suggest how the power of apps can be a springboard to greater creativity and higher aspirations"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pagws 209-230) and index.
650 0 $aInternet and youth.
650 0 $aYouth$xSocial networks.
650 0 $aTechnology and youth.
650 0 $aIdentity (Psychology)
650 0 $aCreative ability in adolescence.
650 0 $aApplication software.
650 7 $aPSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aDavis, Katie$c(Assistant professor)