Abstract
The broad embrace of proprietary education, play and communication media among US youth means their daily experiences now generate ‘big data’ flows that are mined by states and corporations alike. Young people thus develop within ubiquitous ecosystems of information, yet rarely are they involved in the production and governance of such ecologies. In this chapter I unpack the formal and informal learning taking place in young people’s mediated environments to discuss how such learning can assist the development of more open and participatory information ecologies. Through an analysis of my interviews and collaborative research and design with youth, I critique the pedagogy of proprietary media and call for more age-inclusive participation in the production of everyday media.
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Donovan, G.T. (2014). iLearn: Engaging (In)Formal Learning in Young People’s Mediated Environments. In: Mills, S., Kraftl, P. (eds) Informal Education, Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137027733_18
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