Open AccessImMEDIAte Gratification: Examining the Use of Digital Media in Adolescents’ In-School and Out-of-School Lives
Author(s) -
Janette Hughes,
Stephanie Thompson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
learning landscapes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-5688
DOI - 10.36510/learnland.v6i2.612
Subject(s) - gratification , class (philosophy) , digital media , social media , mobile device , psychology , qualitative research , sociology , mathematics education , multimedia , computer science , social psychology , world wide web , social science , artificial intelligence
Using a mixed method research approach of qualitative case study analysis and quantitative surveying, this research1 investigates the development of adolescent digital literacies and their use of mobile devices to further their understandings. More specifically, this article focuses on how a class of adolescents, ages 12-13, reflected on the impact of digital technologies and media on their lives while immersed in a rich media setting, using a social networking site and a combination of their own mobile devices and tablets that were provided to them by their classroom teacher.