Exploring intersections between online and offline affinity space participation

In order to examine the literacies involved with the digital media practices and affinity space involvement of a group of adolescent boys, multiple methods for data collection and analysis were adopted to supplement traditional case study methods. Longitudinal research crossing multiple sites from individual and group perspectives was essential to track development of literacies over time, and to mark the intersection of trajectories of interest-driven expertise development sparked by affinity space involvement individually and collectively.