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The App Generation : How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World

by Katie Davis, Howard Gardner
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The App Generation : How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World - Thryft
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App-dependent youth navigate identity, intimacy, imagination uniquely.

This book would be a good read for parents and educators who want to understand the unique digital landscape in which today's youth are growing up, and how it affects their development in the areas of identity, intimacy, and imagination. The book presents both the drawbacks and benefits of apps, and how they can be used to promote creativity and deeper relationships. The authors provide practical suggestions for how to harness the power of apps for greater good.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The App Generation : How Today's Youth Navigate Identity, Intimacy, and Imagination in a Digital World

by Katie Davis, Howard Gardner
$11.31
Compare to estimated retail price: S$32.06  

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ISBN: 9780300209341
Authors: Katie Davis, Howard Gardner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date of Publication: 2014-09-30
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology
Related Topics: Education
Goodreads rating: 3.39
(rated by 329 readers)

Description

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 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.ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. Talk about Technology3. Unpacking the Generations: From biology to culture to technology4. Personal Identity in the Age of the App5. Apps and Intimate Relationships6. Acts (and Apps) of Imagination among Today's Youth7. Conclusion: Beyond the App GenerationMethodological AppendixNotesIndex
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App-dependent youth navigate identity, intimacy, imagination uniquely.

This book would be a good read for parents and educators who want to understand the unique digital landscape in which today's youth are growing up, and how it affects their development in the areas of identity, intimacy, and imagination. The book presents both the drawbacks and benefits of apps, and how they can be used to promote creativity and deeper relationships. The authors provide practical suggestions for how to harness the power of apps for greater good.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.