Sonia Livingstone: 8 books
Media Regulation
Governance and the Interests of Citizens and Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
"An exemplary study of how media regulation works (and, by implication, how it could work better) set within a wider discussion of democratic theory and political values. It will be of interest not only to students and scholars but to people around the world grappling with the same problem: the...
The Class
Living and Learning in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
An intimate look at how children network, identify, learn and grow in a connected world.
Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.org
Do today’s youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new routes to learning...
by Mizuko Ito, Kris Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
This report is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called “connected learning.” It advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity. Connected...
by Sonia Livingstone
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Is the internet really transforming children and young people’s lives? Is the so-called ‘digital generation’ genuinely benefiting from exciting new opportunities? And, worryingly, facing new risks?
This major new book by a leading researcher addresses these pressing questions. It deliberately...
Audiences and Publics
When Cultural Engagement Matters for the Public Sphere. Changing Media - Changing Europe Series, Volume 2nces and Publics
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
In today’s thoroughly mass-mediated world, audiences and publics are, of course, composed of the same people. Yet social science traditionally treats them quite differently. Indeed, it is commonplace to define audiences in opposition to the public: in both popular and elite discourses, audiences...
Young People and New Media
Childhood and the Changing Media Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2002
Combining a comprehensive literature review with original empirical research on young people's use of new media, this book provides a fresh and in-depth discussion of the increasingly complex relationship between the media and childhood, the family and the home.
We can no longer imagine our...
Making Sense of Television
The Psychology of Audience Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Taking the soap opera as a case study, this book explores the 'parasocial interaction' people engage in with television programmes. It looks at the nature of the 'active viewer' and the role of the text in social psychology. It also investigates the existing theoretical models offered by social psychology...
Talk on Television
Audience Participation and Public Debate
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Not only is everyday conversation increasingly dependent on television, but more and more people are appearing on television to discuss social and personal issues. Is any public good served by these programmes or are they simply trashy entertainment which fills the schedules cheaply? Talk on Television...