Superhighway or Road to Nowhere? Children's Relationships with Digital Technology.

Buckingham, David

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ERIC Number: EJ579218

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Publication Date: 1999

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Superhighway or Road to Nowhere? Children's Relationships with Digital Technology.

Buckingham, David

English in Education, v33 n1 p3-12 Spr 1999

Offers a critical overview of the cultural and educational benefits and dangers of digital media for young people. Argues that public debates on this issue have "veered from utopian hype to moral panic." Provides accounts of previous research on children's engagement with computer games and creative use of multimedia in the home. (CR)

Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Mass Media Use, Media Adaptation, Media Research, Multimedia Instruction, Nonprint Media, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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