Worried About the Wrong Things by Jacqueline Ryan Vickery - ISBN: 9780262536219
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Why media panics about online dangers overlook another urgent concern: creating equitable online opportunities for marginalized youth.

Worried About the Wrong Things

Youth, Risk, and Opportunity in the Digital World

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    360 pages

  • Release Date

    11 September 2018

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Summary

Why media panics about online dangers overlook another urgent concern- creating equitable online opportunities for marginalized youth.It’s a familiar narrative in both real life and fiction, from news reports to television storylines- a young person is bullied online, or targeted by an online predator, or exposed to sexually explicit content. The consequences are bleak; the young person is shunned, suicidal, psychologically ruined. In this book, Jacqueline Ryan Vickery argues that there are o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262536219
ISBN-10:0262536218
Author:Jacqueline Ryan Vickery, S. Craig Watkins
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:360
Release Date:11 September 2018
Weight:458g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 24mm
Series:Worried About the Wrong Things
About The Author

Jacqueline Ryan Vickery

Jacqueline Ryan Vickery is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts at the University of North Texas.

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