Imaging, Keyboarding, and Posting Identities: Young People and New Media Technologies

New technologies forces us to re-examine identities bodies, interaction, intergenerational dialogue, and nature of childhood Evokes the influence of popular culture The cartoon example given portrays a popular belief that all children are born into a world of technology  when in reality it is the economic digital divide and the traditional ways of childhood that works against this statement The understanding of childhood in the digital age may differ from an adult compared to a child  adult have not experienced it themselves – however their learning and engagement are said to mirror childhood processes – creates cross-generational dialogue