Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Youth and New Media: Studying Identity and
Meaning in an Evolving Media Environment . . . . . 4
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A. New media: A definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Media and the Construction of Identity . . . . . . . 5
A. Subjectification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
B. The study of everyday practices . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3. Media Influence on Society:
Old Concerns, New Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A. Competing utopian and dystopian paradigms . 7
B. The child as political opportunity
and nostalgic fantasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. (Re)conceptualizing Child and New Media
for Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Transformations in Youth Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
A. Transformations of home and family . . . . . . . 10
B. Transformations in social practices . . . . . . . . 11
C. Transformations in learning practices . . . . . . 11
D. Transformations in media literacy . . . . . . . . . 12
6. New Conceptualizations for Media Research . . . 12
A. The logic of new media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B. New social operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C. Privacy and safety in networked publics . . . . 16
7. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Walter J. Ong, S.J., as an American Catholic Thinker:
On the Occasion of the Ong Centenary Year . . . 23
A. Walter Ong and Marshall McLuhan . . . . . . . . 24
B. The basics of Ong’s thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
C. Recommended reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
D. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Briefly Noted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recommended Citation
Zemmels, David R. and Farrell, Thomas J.
(2012)
"Youth and New Media / On the Occasion of the OngCentenary Year,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 31:
Iss.
4, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol31/iss4/1