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dogtrax's review against another edition
5.0
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pkadams's review against another edition
4.0
A MacArthur Foundation funded project that MIT Press published translates into a serious read and trusted authority about how teenagers interact today with technology. It focuses on three spheres of interaction; social, media, and technical. Each sphere is important to teens and it provides extensive ethnographic evidence of what that looks like. It goes into detail describing how life for teens has changed and where the technology provides merely the illusion of change. What came across was the wildly creative and rich technology interests teens have. Scrutiny of parents' fears as viewed through the lens of rational study seemed to make my cohorts actions absurd, over the top and dare I say revealed how out of touch we are.
bookbrig's review
4.0
This is so interesting and a particularly great read for anyone who works with teens. I loved the case studies, and even when the book was a bit dry it still presented really wonderful information. Definitely worth a look.
metamanchester's review
3.0
It was a lot more academic than I expected, but it was quite interesting.
bdietrich's review
3.0
Read for 5960.12 class
A good look into the sociological, and somewhat psychological, reasoning of how the internet impacted teens and how teens impacted the internet. While the studies comprised within HOMAGO were done between 2004-2008, many aspects are still relevant today. New media has greatly impacted the way we communicate, learn, flirt, work, and live our day-to-day lives. HOMAGO is slightly outdated with all of the attention to MySpace and other obsolete web spaces, but the pedagagy is still the same.
A good look into the sociological, and somewhat psychological, reasoning of how the internet impacted teens and how teens impacted the internet. While the studies comprised within HOMAGO were done between 2004-2008, many aspects are still relevant today. New media has greatly impacted the way we communicate, learn, flirt, work, and live our day-to-day lives. HOMAGO is slightly outdated with all of the attention to MySpace and other obsolete web spaces, but the pedagagy is still the same.
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