{"id":776218,"date":"2009-10-01T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-blog-post&#038;p=776218"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T23:00:13","slug":"hanging-out-messing-around-and-geeking-out-kids-living-and-learning-with-new-media","status":"publish","type":"msr-blog-post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/articles\/hanging-out-messing-around-and-geeking-out-kids-living-and-learning-with-new-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mizuko Ito<\/strong>, <strong>Sonja Baumer<\/strong>, <strong>Matteo Bittanti<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/people\/dmb\/\"><strong>danah boyd<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Rachel Cody<\/strong>, <strong>Becky Herr Stephenson<\/strong>, <strong>Heather A. Horst<\/strong>, <strong>Patricia G. Lange<\/strong>, <strong>Dilan Mahendran<\/strong>, <strong>Katynka Z. Mart\u00ednez<\/strong>, <strong>C. J. Pascoe<\/strong>, <strong>Dan Perkel<\/strong>, <strong>Laura Robinson<\/strong>, <strong>Christo Sims<\/strong>, <strong>Lisa Tripp<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-776224 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Book_boyd_Hanging-Out_cover-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Book_boyd_Hanging-Out_cover-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Book_boyd_Hanging-Out_cover-122x180.jpg 122w, https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Book_boyd_Hanging-Out_cover.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/>An examination of young people&#8217;s everyday new media practices\u2014including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Conventional wisdom about young people&#8217;s use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today&#8217;s teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there is little actual research that investigates the intricate dynamics of youths&#8217; social and recreational use of digital media. <em><strong>Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out<\/strong><\/em> fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings\u2014at home, in after-school programs, and in online spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating twenty-three case studies\u2014which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music sharing, and online romantic breakups\u2014in a unique collaborative authorship style, <em>Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out<\/em> is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/hanging-out-messing-around-and-geeking-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See news, reviews and how to get it ><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An examination of young people&#8217;s everyday new media practices\u2014including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40306,"featured_media":776227,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr-content-parent":332906,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"class_list":["post-776218","msr-blog-post","type-msr-blog-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_assoc_parent":{"id":332906,"type":"group"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-blog-post\/776218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-blog-post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-blog-post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-blog-post\/776218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776233,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-blog-post\/776218\/revisions\/776233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=776218"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=776218"},{"taxonomy":"msr-post-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-post-option?post=776218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}