Adolescents and the Internet: Media Appropriation and Perspectives on Education

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Author(s): Evelyne Bevort (CLEMI, Paris, France)and Isabelle Breda (CLEMI, Paris, France)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 26
Source title: Digital Literacy: Tools and Methodologies for Information Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Pier Cesare Rivoltella (Universita Cattolica del S Cuore, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-798-0.ch008

Keywords: Digital Literacy / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science / Library Science

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This chapter deals with young people’s digital media appropriation in an education perspective throughout Europe and Quebec. The comparative study, Mediappro, shows that 12 to 18-year-olds develop numerous and shared uses in fundamental domains such as ethics or social issues of IT, but their appropriation remains incomplete, mostly in information and creative activities. The study also highlights such a significant gap between home and school appropriation in all the countries that for the adolescents Internet activities in school are not part of “their Internet.” The benefits of this research study lay on a more precise knowledge of adolescents’ attitudes and skills and therefore the possibility to elaborate recommendations towards the main participants in education issues, parents as well as school systems.

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