The Net Generation
Lecturer: Dr. Ronit Kampf ([email protected])
Reception Hour: Wednesday 13:00-14:00 (please contact me in advance)
Class: Spring Semester Wednesday 14:15-15:45.
Course description: The course focuses on young people born between1980-1995, the first generation of
digital natives. Mark Prensky coined the term "Digital Natives" in 2001 referring to young people born
after 1980 when social technologies came online and speak the digital language fluently. The course will
present theoretical, empirical and applied approaches that examine digital natives from various aspects
such as multitasking, privacy, piracy, social and political activism and learning in the digital age. The
course is based on active and experiential learning of the students by analyzing digital texts created by
young people around the world. For this purpose, we examine texts taken from Social Network Sites,
blogs, computer games and virtual worlds.
Course requirements:
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Active participation 10%
Weekly readings
10-minutes presentation of the final paper 15%
Final paper of 10-12 pages/ 20-25 PowerPoint slides/8-10 minutes YouTube video/Internet Website/Prezi
75%
5. The course requirements can be submitted in Hebrew or in English.
Deadlines:
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The student has to decide by class 3 about conducting the final paper in pairs or on individual basis.
The topic of the final paper should be submitted by class 5.
The presentations of the final paper are given in classes 11 and 12.
The final paper should be submitted by Monday July 25th 2016.
If a student received a game's copy for his or her personal use during the semester, the student should
return this copy with the final paper.
‫ הסטודנטים בקורס מתבקשים להקפיד על כללי ציטוט בכתיבת עבודה‬:‫הערה חשובה לגבי הקפדה על כללי אתיקה וכללי ציטוט‬
‫ תרגום או שיכתוב של קטעים מעבודה‬,‫ העתקה‬- ‫ לפי תקנון המשמעת של האוניברסיטה לגבי הונאה בכתיבת עבודות‬.‫אקדמית‬
‫ עבודות ותרגילים בהם יתגלו חריגות לא יקבלו ציון‬.‫מהווים עבירת משמעת‬--‫מבלי לציין את מקורם‬--‫אחרת או מכל מקור אחר‬
.‫ויועברו לוועדת משמעת אקדמית של האוניברסיטה‬
Course structure and reading list (items marked with (*) are required readings)
Class 1 – Introduction
(*) Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. pp. 116.
Prenksy, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the Horizon, 9(5), 1-6.
boyd, D. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University press. pp. 1-28.
Class 2 – Identities
(*) Ducheneaut, N., Wen, M.H., Yee, N., & Wadley. G. (2009). Body and mind: A study of avatar personalization in
three virtual worlds. CHI 2009, April 4–9, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
http://www2.parc.com/csl/members/nicolas/documents/CHI2009-Avatars.pdf
boyd, D. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University press. pp. 29-53.
Class 3 – Privacy
(*) boyd, D. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University press. pp. 5476.
Marwick, A.E., Murgia-Diaz, D., Palfrey, J. (2010). Youth, privacy and reputation (Literature Review). Berkman
Center Research Publication no. 2010-5, pp. 1-25. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1588163
Class 4 – Creators
(*) Jenkins, H., Purushotma, R., Cliton, K., Weigel, M., & Robison A.J. (2006). Confronting the challenges of
participatory culture: Media education for the 21st century. The MacArthur Foundation. (pp. 3-21).
http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/NMLWhitePaper.pdf
Ito, M. (2010). Amatuer media production in a networked ecology. CSCW 2010 closing keynote, Savannah
Georgia. http://www.itofisher.com/mito/publications/amateur_media_p_1.html
Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. pp. 111130.
Class 5 – Pirates
Palfrey, J., Gasser, U., Simun, M., & Fay Barnes, R. (2009). Youth, creativity and copyright at the digital age.
International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(2), 79-97.
(*) Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. pp.
131-154.
Class 6 – Overload
Carrier, L.M, Cheever, N.A, Rosen, L.D, Benitez, S., & Chang, J. (2009). Multitasking across generations:
Multitasking choices and difficulty ratings in three generations of Americans, Computers in Human Behavior, 25,
483-489.
(*) Greenfield, S. (2015). Mind change: How digital technologies are leaving their mark on our brains. NY:
Random House. pp. 55-69, 248-259.
Class 7 – Activists
‫ חברה ופוליטיקה‬,‫ טכנולוגיה‬.)‫ (עורכים‬.‫ א‬,‫און‬-‫ולב‬, .‫ א‬,‫ בתוך כהן‬.‫ דיאלוג בין קבוצות יריבות ברשת‬.)2011( .‫ ר‬,‫(*) קמפף‬
.‫ הוצאת מאגנס‬:‫ ירושלים‬.‫בישראל‬
Bennett, L.W., & Wells, C. (2009). Civic engagement: Bridging differences to build a field of civic learning.
International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(3), 1-10.
Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. pp. 255272.
Classes 8-9 – Learners
(*) boyd, D. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University press. Pp.
176-198.
Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. Pp. 237254.
(*) Kampf, R., & Cuhadar, E. (2014). Learning about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and negotiations
through simulations: The case of PeaceMaker. International Studies Perspectives, 15, 142-162.
Kampf, R., & Cuhadar, E. (2015). Do computer games enhance learning about conflicts? A cross-national
inquiry into proximate and distant scenarios in Global Conflicts. Computers in Human Behavior, 52, 541549.
Class 10 – A guest lecture
Classes 11-12 – Presentations of final papers
Class 13 – Synthesis
(*) Watkins, C.S. (2009). The young and the digital: What the migration to Social Networked Sites, games, and
anytime anywhere media means for our future. Beacon. pp. 193-208.
Livingstone, S. (2010). Youthful participation: What have we learned, what shall we ask next? Digital Media and
Learning Conference 2010 Closing Keynote. http://dmlcentral.net/resources/4059
boyd, D. (2014). It's complicated: The social lives of networked teens. New Haven: Yale University press. pp. 199214.
Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). Born Digital: Understanding the first age of digital natives. Basic Books. pp. 273290.