Digital Natives

• Proposed Digital Natives session*

This session aims to explore the social implications of young people's use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies, by drawing on the findings of the Digital Natives project. Investigating young people's behaviors and attitudes towards ICTs is crucial for informing debates about the future shape of the Internet. This session will explore the main findings of the project and will try to identify future areas of research and policy intervention.

Broad questions that can be explored:

1. Civic engagement, participatory culture, creativity
2. Copyright and culture of sharing
3. Privacy, Safety, Bullying

The session could either be kept general, i.e. exploring all the areas above - or could focus on just one of those (especially if one of these areas overlaps with other sessions being held).

Speakers who could be interested in this session:

• GoodPlay people - Carrie James, Howard Gardner
• MIT/NML people - Henry Jenkins
• danah boyd
• Sonia Livingstone, LSE
• Mimi Ito, USC