http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:28:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week the NPR program Tell Me More- with Michel Martin did a two-part segment titled, What Digital Divide? The stories were a response to the growing evidence that black and Latino youth are heavy users of the mobile web via mobile phones. While this trend has been evolving ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/uncategorized/the-young-and-the-digital-on-nprs-tell-me-more-with-michel-martin/ Over the last few weeks I've been speaking with various researchers, journalists, and industry about some of the remarkable shifts that are happening in the mobile space. While much of the news regarding mobile media this year has been about the release of Apple's iPad and iPhone 4, another ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/cell-phones/understanding-the-mobile-lives-of-black-and-latino-youth/ In the middle of the biggest decision of his young professional life LeBron James showed up on Twitter of all places. During the week James had invited his friend, New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul, to participate in his Nike Skills Basketball Camp for young ballers. Paul ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/news/twitterball-ii-lebron-james-social-media-and-the-new-culture-of-pro-sport/ The Young and the Digital is part of a group of books reviewed by Harvard's Stephen Burt in the London Review of Books. Here's an excerpt from what is an interesting piece: In his surveys and interviews Watkins asks how ‘the first generation of American teens to grow up ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/book/the-young-and-the-digital-the-london-review-of-books/ Recently I came across an article from Billboard, the music industry trade publication, by Antony Bruno titled, “Late Registration” (this is not the full article). The article is about Boston-based rapper, Sam Adams. Never heard of him? Neither had I. But if you go ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/news/homemade-hip-hop-how-the-young-and-the-digital-are-remaking-the-hip-hop-experience/ One of the most frequent questions I use to get from parents of teenagers about two or three years ago went something like this: "Should I get my child a cell phone?" Today, parents are asking this: "At what age should I get my child a cell phone?" ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/cell-phones/mobile-teens-the-microsoft-kin-makes-a-bid-for-young-mobiles/ In a follow-up to a recent set of events I did an interview with the MacArthur Foundation Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning. Here's an excerpt. As the digital divide closes, thanks in no small part to mobile media, the question is no longer who’s using digital media, but ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/cell-phones/the-young-and-the-digital-interview-wmacarthur-foundation-spotlight-on-digital-media-and-learning/ This week I'm addressing a big education planners group and I've been thinking about what I'm going to say. I plan to make a case for why more educators should begin taking the new media practices of young students more seriously. In her closing keynote address at ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/news/writing-visually-youtube-new-media-literacy-and-the-college-admissions-race/ Over the last three weeks I've been involved in a series of events that address the changing digital media landscape. Flashback twelve years ago. In 1998 the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released the third installment of its Falling Through the Net report. The graph below gives ... http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/cell-phones/changing-the-conversation-rethinking-americas-digital-divide/ You can follow The Young and the Digital on Twitter, @scraigwatkins. We will post: • key data points from our brand new survey on social media use • observations from our fieldwork with young technology users • mentions of our work • livestream from conferences and appearances http://www.theyoungandthedigital.com/research/follow-the-young-and-the-digital-on-twitter/