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Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Hardcover)

by John Palfrey (Author), Urs Gasser (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Basic Books (5 Aug 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0465005152
  • ISBN-13: 978-0465005154
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 142,236 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Palfrey and Gasser's fine early history of this generation serves as a starting point for any conversation about how to mentor the children of the Web."


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The first generation of digital natives - children who were born into and raised in the digital world - are coming of age, and soon our world will be reshaped in their image. Our economy, our cultural life, even the shape of our family life will be forever transformed. But who are these digital natives? How are they different from older generations - or digital immigrants - and what is the world theyre creating going to look like? In Born Digital, leading internet and technology experts John Palfrey and Urs Gasser offer a sociological portrait of this exotic tribe of young people who can seem, even to those merely a generation older, both extraordinarily sophisticated and strangely narrow. Based on original research, Born Digital explores a broad range of issues, from the highly philosophical to the purely practical: What does identity mean for young people who have dozens of online profiles and avatars? Should we worry about privacy issues - or is privacy even a relevant concern for digital natives? How does the concept of safety translate into an increasingly virtual world? Is stranger-danger a real problem, or a red herring? What lies ahead - socially, professionally, and psychologically - for this generation? A smart, practical guide to a brave new world and its complex inhabitants, Born Digital will be essential reading for parents, teachers, and the myriad of confused adults who want to understand the digital present - and shape the digital future.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very informative book about the digital lives of young people., 4 April 2009
This book analyses some of the most important aspects regarding the digital lives of young people that were born surrounded by digital technology.

The authors, using a very clear and non-technical language (making the book approachable to anybody), touch on hot issues such as online privacy, aggression and information overload, and give an overview of the major debates and concerns, stressing the important role of parents, educators and legislators. They accurately introduce the reader to issues such as net innovation and safety and stress the creative opportunities digital technologies offer. They persuasively argue (using loads of examples) about the variety of ways internet-phobia can be reconsidered, and suggest ways in which the internet can become young people's faithfull ally in pretty much everything.

The writing is well-balanced as the authors always provide the positive and negative side of the concept under examination with some criticism of both too.

Overall the book is a fantastic introduction to many "digital" concepts influencing young people at this particular stage of the evolution of information society, and will certainly make you further scrutinise some of the concepts under examination.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for parents of teenagers - and their future employers, 8 Nov 2009
By Neville Merritt "Salar" (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This is the best book I have read that gives a considered insight into the perceptions and attitudes of our teenage children, who have been born into a different world than our own. It is a huge help in understanding that they have a lot to offer, but in a different way than maybe we expect. It is also brings a vital message for their future employers, becuase if they don't understand the Digital Generation they will be missing a trick. I gave it four stars not five because it is unncessarily padded and you don't need verbatim transcripts from teenagers - we already know that every other word they use is "like". Don't be put off by the American bias, the message is the same for the whole connected world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It's all down to the parents, 17 Aug 2009
By C. Mitchell (Hamilton, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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I bought this book both as an internet professional and as a mother. I found the book thought-provoking and in places quite scary, especially the chapters on digital dossiers and security. However, even by the second chapter I'd noticed that pattern that the answer to all the problems the book discussed, lies with parents and teachers. The basic premise is that none of the problems faced by digital natives is new - it's just that the age-old problems faced by young people today are happening in a different environment. If parents educate their children about the internet in the same way they do about life in general, we wouldn't have to be writing books about it.
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