Young users and the digital divide: readers, participants or creators on Internet?

Sonia Ballano
Ana-Cynthia Uribe
Rosa-Àuria Munté-Ramos

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Published: 2014-10-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15581/003.27.35982
Keywords:
Social networks, Internet, digital natives, young users, participation, digital divide

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Young users and the digital divide: readers, participants or creators on Internet?. (2014). Communication & Society, 27(4), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.27.35982
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Abstract

This article analyses how young people, parents and teachers perceive the uses of digital tools and environments made by those known as digital natives. The research combines analysis of an extensive bibliography on the subject with the results of field research based on 30 focus groups, involving 120 youngsters and 60 adults in five Spanish cities, within the framework of a national study. The results show that while adults consider that young people use technological tools in complex ways directed towards content creation, teenagers perceive themselves as mainly readers and participants on the Net.
Keywords:
Social networks, Internet, digital natives, young users, participation, digital divide

Authors

Sonia Ballano
Universidad Ramon Llull.
Ana-Cynthia Uribe
Universidad Ramon Llull.
Rosa-Àuria Munté-Ramos
Universidad Ramon Llull.


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Vol. 27 No. 4 (2014)

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