Internet, children and space: revisiting generational attributes and boundaries

Almeida, Ana Nunes de; Delicado, Ana; Alves, Nuno de Almeida; Carvalho, Tiago

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Authors

Almeida, Ana Nunes de

Delicado, Ana

Alves, Nuno de Almeida

Carvalho, Tiago

Abstract(s)

At the dawn of modernity, in the 18th century, space became a critical category in defining generational attributes and locations. However, borders that previously tightly isolated adults and children are nowadays continuously challenged and modified by a constant and ubiquitous use of new information and communication technologies, namely the Internet, blurring notions of ‘private’ and ‘public’, ‘outdoors’ and ‘indoors’, ‘real’ and ‘virtual’. Giving voice to children, this article explores qualitative empirical data from a research project carried out in Portugal. It focuses on children as subjects and actors of these processes, especially in the way they combine ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ space and place in a geography of their own.

Keywords

Crianças - Internet Redes sociais

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10451/11243

Citation

Almeida, A. N. de, Delicado, A., Alves, Nuno de Almeida, Carvalho, Tiago (2015). Internet, children and space: revisiting generational attributes and boundaries. New Media & Society, 17(9), 1436-1453