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    Recent studies argue that the Internet is corrupting our youth. However, this conclusion is a caricature of the situation; it assumes most young people are passive and credulous users, it relies upon didactic, unsophisticated representations of the Web and it disguises the possibility the ability critique to information is a new ‘digital divide’. This project aims to employ a range of sociological and computer science methods including tracking search choices for analysis, collaborative writing on wikis, focus groups, and interviews to assess how young people engage with information online. Building on what we know about digital literacy, the results, it is hoped, will help create more nuanced ways of teaching the Web.

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    Recent studies argue that the Internet is corrupting our youth. However, this conclusion is a caricature of the situation; it assumes most young people are passive and credulous users, it relies upon didactic, unsophisticated representations of the Web and it disguises the possibility the ability critique to information is a new ‘digital divide’. This project aims to employ a range of sociological and computer science methods including tracking search choices for analysis, collaborative writing on wikis, focus groups, and interviews to assess how young people engage with information online. Building on what we know about digital literacy, the results, it is hoped, will help create more nuanced ways of teaching the Web.

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    Is The Internet Corrupting The Values of Our Youth? by Huw Davies

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    Recent studies argue that the Internet is corrupting our youth. However, this conclusion is a caricature of the situation; it assumes most young people are passive and credulous users, it relies upon didactic, unsophisticated representations of the Web and it disguises the possibility the ability critique to information is a new ‘digital divide’. This project aims to employ a range of sociological and computer science methods including tracking search choices for analysis, collaborative writing on wikis, focus groups, and interviews to assess how young people engage with information online. Building on what we know about digital literacy, the results, it is hoped, will help create more nuanced ways of teaching the Web.

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    Huw C. Davies hcd1g10@soton.ac.

    uk Susan Halford Nick Gibbins

    Is the Internet corrupting the values of our youth?

    Recent studies argue that the Internet is corrupting our youth. However, this conclusion is a caricature of the situation; it assumes most young people are passive and credulous users, it relies upon didactic, unsophisticated representations of the Web and it disguises the possibility the ability critique to information is a new digital divide. This project aims to employ a range of sociological and computer science methods including tracking search choices for analysis, collaborative writing on wikis, focus groups, and interviews to assess how young people engage with information online. Building on what we know about digital literacy, the results, it is hoped, will help create more nuanced ways of teaching the Web.
    Acknowledgement: The Digital Economy Programme is a Research Councils UK cross council initiative led by EPSRC and contributed to by AHRC, ESRC and MRC

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