Ruth Furlong
Biographic Data
| ID | 6156645 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Furlong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth |
| FAMILY NAME | Furlong |
| SIGNATURE | FURLONG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What's the Point of Using Computers
Despite the column inches and policy statements dedicated to arguing that young people need to use computers, very little is known about the reasons why young people themselves might value and acquire computer expertise. Drawing on a survey of 855 children and 16 detailed case studies of children's use of computers at home this article explores the influence of software design, family discourses, peer group culture and gender identity on children…
Beyond the Myth of the 'Cyberkid
There is increasing concern that information poverty will soon become a key indicator of social exclusion, with those unable to use and access new technologies marginalized from key aspects of economic and social activity. This concern, at present, focuses primarily on adults, as young people are predominantly represented in media, academic and political discourse as naturally competent computer users. In contrast, this paper focuses on those you…
Constructing the Child Computer User
Universal access to the 'new capital' of information and knowledge via Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has become a central goal of education reform under the New Labour Government. Public policy and media discourses, however, currently construct young children in a paradoxical relationship with new technologies, as both at the vanguard of the digital revolution 'effortlessly grasping the tools' of the new technologies, and at t…
Constructing the Child Computer User
This article was developed from an ESRC funded research project (1998-2000) entitled 'ScreenPlay' conducted by researchers from Bristol, Cardiff and University of Wales Newport universities. \nThe work acknowledges that access to new technologies in the area of information and communication (ICT) is of great concern to the British government but challenges the stereotype that all young people are vanguards of a 'digital revolution'. Based on rese…
Beyond the Myth of the 'Cyberkid
There is increasing concern that information poverty will soon become a key indicator of social exclusion, with those unable to use and access new technologies marginalized from key aspects of economic and social activity. This concern, at present, focuses primarily on adults, as young people are predominantly represented in media, academic and political discourse as naturally competent computer users. In contrast, this paper focuses on those you…
What's the Point of Using Computers
Despite the column inches and policy statements dedicated to arguing that young people need to use computers, very little is known about the reasons why young people themselves might value and acquire computer expertise. Drawing on a survey of 855 children and 16 detailed case studies of children's use of computers at home this article explores the influence of software design, family discourses, peer group culture and gender identity on children…
Constructing the Child Computer User
Universal access to the 'new capital' of information and knowledge via Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has become a central goal of education reform under the New Labour Government. Public policy and media discourses, however, currently construct young children in a paradoxical relationship with new technologies, as both at the vanguard of the digital revolution 'effortlessly grasping the tools' of the new technologies, and at t…
What's the Point of Using Computers
Despite the column inches and policy statements dedicated to arguing that young people need to use computers, very little is known about the reasons why young people themselves might value and acquire computer expertise. Drawing on a survey of 855 children and 16 detailed case studies of children's use of computers at home this article explores the influence of software design, family discourses, peer group culture and gender identity on children…
Beyond the Myth of the 'Cyberkid
There is increasing concern that information poverty will soon become a key indicator of social exclusion, with those unable to use and access new technologies marginalized from key aspects of economic and social activity. This concern, at present, focuses primarily on adults, as young people are predominantly represented in media, academic and political discourse as naturally competent computer users. In contrast, this paper focuses on those you…
Constructing the Child Computer User
Universal access to the 'new capital' of information and knowledge via Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has become a central goal of education reform under the New Labour Government. Public policy and media discourses, however, currently construct young children in a paradoxical relationship with new technologies, as both at the vanguard of the digital revolution 'effortlessly grasping the tools' of the new technologies, and at t…
Constructing the Child Computer User
This article was developed from an ESRC funded research project (1998-2000) entitled 'ScreenPlay' conducted by researchers from Bristol, Cardiff and University of Wales Newport universities. \nThe work acknowledges that access to new technologies in the area of information and communication (ICT) is of great concern to the British government but challenges the stereotype that all young people are vanguards of a 'digital revolution'. Based on rese…
Computer Science (4 works) · Information and Communications Technology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Appeal (2 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Construct (python library (2 works)