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Why parents help their children lie to Facebook about age
Abstract from the authors: Facebook, like many communication services and social media sites, uses its Terms of Service (ToS) to forbid children under the age of 13 from creating an account. Such prohibitions are not uncommon in response to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which seeks to empower parents by requiring commercial... more
posted February 17, 2012 - 11:32am
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Digital Afterlife: Connecting Youth Media to Audience
As youth media practitioners, we know about the satisfaction that comes from learning (and teaching) production. From interviewing and writing to asking questions and creating stories, we’re well versed in the real world skills that youth gain from making media. But what happens after that media gets produced? How are teachers preparing students... more
posted September 8, 2011 - 9:07am
by Jones Franzel from Public Radio Exchange (PRX)
The Challenge of Connectivity: Pushing Students Beyond Facebook and Twitter
(Summer Tech Programming at St. Stephen’s Youth Programs) During the school year, our after school program struggled with engaging our middle school students with technology. We live in a generation where students as young as 3rd grade have fancy cellphones, which allow us to be “connected”. Connected online, 24/7, connected with each other 24/7.... more
posted September 6, 2011 - 4:15pm
by Eunice Brady from St. Stephen's Youth Programs
Say What: Crime Scene Chic
CRIME SCENE CHIC [As published in the Fall 2010 issue of Teen Voices magazine.] Teen Editors: Nhu Le, 15 Eshe Sherley, 16 Mentor: Lydia Thornton Every fashion editor wants to find the next big thing, the unexpected trend that will get people's attention. Some seem to think that the more shockingly offensive the image, the edgier it is. Print... more
posted July 13, 2011 - 1:27pm
by Katie Bayerl from Teen Voices magazine
MNN Youth Channel All-City Project Report
In 2008 and 2009, the MNN Youth Channel along with a team of academics and youth researchers worked together to design and implement a citywide Community Needs Assessment (CNA). The primary aim of the CNA was to render visible and to understand the media needs and interests of New York City youth as well as to collect feedback for the "Youth... more
posted March 11, 2010 - 12:59pm
by Joseph Douillette from Institute of Contemporary Art
Web 2.0pen Mic - 3/4/10 - Recap and video
Featured speaker: Kara Oehler Mapping Main Street Greater Boston Issue at Youth Media Reporter http://www.youthmediareporter.org Web 2.0pen Mic Sign-up List 1. Dave Crusoe - http://www.boolify.org http://www.plml.org/multitool http://www.plml.org/glean 2. Elizabeth Maclaren - http://voicethread.com/ 3. L'Merchie Frazier - http://www.maah.org 4.... more
posted March 4, 2010 - 10:40am
by Erin Mishkin from Association of Independents in Radio
Your Voice as Art!
As part of the first digital media workshop on sound my class will participate in "Your Voice as Art" for "Through the Virtual Looking Glass", a connected set of international exhibitions in galleries in Boston and several countries outside the United States. This is an example of Mixed Reality art exhibition, including art in Second Life, a... more
posted February 22, 2010 - 3:25pm
by Nettrice Gaskins from MassArt
The Art History of Games
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Last week I attended The Art History of Games symposium in Atlanta, GA, organized by Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta and Georgia Tech. Co-organizers Ian Bogost, John Sharp and Michael Nitsche helped kick off the event and their panel considered the concept of an art history of games. Why did I attend? I’m not necessarily a... more
posted February 11, 2010 - 11:46am
by Nettrice Gaskins from MassArt
From Egypt to Virtual 3D: Afrofuturism in Virtual Worlds
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**Just in time for Black History Month!** This is my take on films such as Avatar 3D and perhaps a way to use popular culture to study history and heritage, e.g. Ancient Egypt. The Oxford English Dictionary defines virtuality as the possession of force or power, the essential nature of being, apart from external form or embodiment, or as a virtual... more
posted February 11, 2010 - 10:17am
by Nettrice Gaskins from MassArt
PBS Digital Nation: My Thoughts
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^This is me/my avatar dancing with a student and a visiting visual artist in Second Life. There has always been technological change (printing press, photography, film, etc.). I believe the recent PBS Frontline exposé Digital Nation, is attempting to address how technology is changing society, from passive consumers to active producers and... more
posted February 11, 2010 - 9:30am
by Nettrice Gaskins from MassArt