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Childhood in the digital age
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References

Week 1
Palmer, S. (2007) Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It, London, Orion.
Prensky, M. (2001) ‘Digital natives, digital immigrants, part 1’, On the Horizon, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1–6.
Prensky, M. (2005) ‘Listen to the natives’, Educational Leadership, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 8–13.
Ryan, R.M. and Deci, E.L. (2000) ‘Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: classic definitions and new directions’, Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 54–67.
Tapscott, D. (1998) Growing up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation, New York, McGraw-Hill.
Vandoninck, S., d’Haenens, L. and Smahel, D. (2014) ‘Preventive measures: how youngsters avoid online risks’, EU Kids Online, LSE, London [online]. Available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/EUKidsOnline/EU%20Kids%20III/Reports/Preventivemeasures.pdf (accessed 11 March 2015).
Week 2
AVG Technologies (2014) ‘Is your child living in a virtual world?’, AVG Digital Diaries 2014 Study [online]. Available at http://now.avg.com/children-living-in-virtual-worlds (accessed 27 February 2015).
Barnes, A. and Laird, C. (2012) ‘The effects of social media on children’, Communication and Social Media, EWU WordPress [online]. Available at http://sites.ewu.edu/cmst496-stafford/2012/06/06/the-effects-of-social-media-on-children/ (accessed 27 February 2015).
Burke, A. (2013) ‘Children’s construction of identity in virtual play worlds: a classroom perspective’, Language and Literacy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 58–73.
Cánovas, G. (2014) ‘Social Media’s role in the developments of teenagers’ identity (Part I), Kids and Teens Online [online]. Available at http://kidsandteensonline.com/2014/01/14/social-medias-role-in-the-developments-of-teenagers-identity-part-i/ (accessed 27 February 2015).
Dunbar, R.I.M. (2012) ‘Social cognition on the Internet: testing constraints on social network size’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 367, no. 1599, pp. 2192–201.
Erikson, E.H. (1968) Identity: Youth and Crisis, New York, W.W. Norton & Company.
Etengoff, C. (2011) ‘Playing with pixels: youth, identity, and virtual spaces, Childhoods Today, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1–24.
Jackson L., Gauntlett, D. and Steemers, J. (2008) Children in Virtual Worlds: Adventure Rock Users and Producers Study, Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster [online]. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/knowledgeexchange/westminsterone.pdf (accessed 27 February 2015).
Johnson, C. (2014) ‘Face time vs. screen time: the technological impact on communication’, Deseret News National [online]. Available at http://national.deseretnews.com/article/2235/face-time-vs-screen-time-the-technological-impact-on-communication.html (accessed 27 February 2015).
Joignot, F. (2014) ‘What would Aristotle say about friendships in the Facebook age?’, Worldcrunch [online]. Available at http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/what-would-aristotle-say-about-friendship-in-the-facebook-age-/social-network-internet-twitter-technology-behavior-philosophy/c3s14698/#.VKpeJnkqXIU (accessed 28 February 2015).
Livingstone, S., Haddon, L., Gŏrzig, A. and Olafsson, K. (2014) Risks and Safety on the Internet: The Perspective of European Children, EU Kids Online Network with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Palfrey, J. and Gasser, U. (2008) Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, New York, Basic Books. Also available online at http://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/courses_readings/phil123-net/identity/palfrey-gasser_born-digital.pdf (accessed 28 February 2015).
Subrahmanyam, K. and Greenfield, P. (2008) ‘Online communication and adolescent relationships’, The Future of Children, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 119–46.
Taylor, J. (2013) ‘The bad, the ugly and the good of children’s use of social media’, Huff Post Parents [online]. Available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/the-bad-the-ugly-and-the_b_3346768.html (accessed 27 February 2015).
Valkenburg, P.M. and Peter, J. (2008) ‘Adolescents’ identity experiments on the Internet: consequences for social competence and self-concept unity’, Communication Research, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 208–31.
Willett, R. (2009) ‘“It feels like you’ve grown up a bit”: Bebo and teenage identity’ in S. Livingstone (ed.), Digital Identities: Tracing the Implications for Learners and Learning, Economic and Social Research Council, pp. 32–9 [online]. Available at http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/33825/1/Digital_identities.pdf (accessed 28 February 2015).
Week 3
AVG Technologies (2014) ‘Is your child living in a virtual world?’, AVG Digital Diaries 2014 Study [online]. Available at http://now.avg.com/children-living-in-virtual-worlds (accessed 27 February 2015).
Barnes, A. and Laird, C. (2012) ‘The effects of social media on children’, Communication and Social Media, EWU WordPress [online]. Available at http://sites.ewu.edu/cmst496-stafford/2012/06/06/the-effects-of-social-media-on-children/ (accessed 27 February 2015).
Burke, A. (2013) ‘Children’s construction of identity in virtual play worlds: a classroom perspective’, Language and Literacy, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 58–73.
Cánovas, G. (2014) ‘Social media’s role in the developments of teenagers’ identity (Part I), Kids and Teens Online [online]. Available at http://kidsandteensonline.com/2014/01/14/social-medias-role-in-the-developments-of-teenagers-identity-part-i/ (accessed 27 February 2015).
Dunbar, R.I.M. (2012) ‘Social cognition on the Internet: testing constraints on social network size’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 367, no. 1599, pp. 2192–201.
Erikson, E.H. (1968) Identity: Youth and Crisis, New York, W.W. Norton & Company.
Etengoff, C. (2011) ‘Playing with pixels: youth, identity, and virtual spaces, Childhoods Today, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1–24.
Jackson L., Gauntlett, D. and Steemers, J. (2008) Children in Virtual Worlds: Adventure Rock Users and Producers Study, Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster [online]. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/knowledgeexchange/westminsterone.pdf (accessed 27 February 2015).
Johnson, C. (2014) ‘Face time vs. screen time: the technological impact on communication’, Deseret News National [online]. Available at http://national.deseretnews.com/article/2235/face-time-vs-screen-time-the-technological-impact-on-communication.html (accessed 27 February 2015).
Joignot, F. (2014) ‘What would Aristotle say about friendships in the Facebook age?’, Worldcrunch [online]. Available at http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/what-would-aristotle-say-about-friendship-in-the-facebook-age-/social-network-internet-twitter-technology-behavior-philosophy/c3s14698/#.VKpeJnkqXIU (accessed 28 February 2015).
Livingstone, S., Haddon, L., Gŏrzig, A. and Olafsson, K. (2014) Risks and Safety on the Internet: The Perspective of European Children, EU Kids Online Network with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Palfrey, J. and Gasser, U. (2008) Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, New York, Basic Books. Also available online at http://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/courses_readings/phil123-net/identity/palfrey-gasser_born-digital.pdf (accessed 28 February 2015).
Subrahmanyam, K. and Greenfield, P. (2008) ‘Online communication and adolescent relationships’, The Future of Children, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 119–46.
Taylor, J. (2013) ‘The bad, the ugly and the good of children’s use of social media’, Huff Post Parents [online]. Available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/the-bad-the-ugly-and-the_b_3346768.html (accessed 27 February 2015).
Valkenburg, P.M. and Peter, J. (2008) ‘Adolescents’ identity experiments on the Internet: consequences for social competence and self-concept unity’, Communication Research, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 208–31.
Willett, R. (2009) ‘“It feels like you’ve grown up a bit”: Bebo and teenage identity’ in S. Livingstone (ed.), Digital Identities: Tracing the Implications for Learners and Learning, Economic and Social Research Council, pp. 32–9 [online]. Available at http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/33825/1/Digital_identities.pdf (accessed 28 February 2015).
Week 4
Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. (2000) ‘The “what” and the “why” of goal pursuits: human needs and the self-determination of behavior’, Psychological Inquiry, vol. 11, pp. 227–68.
Flewitt, R., Messer, D. and Kucirkova, N. (2014) ‘New directions for early literacy in a digital age: the iPad’, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1468798414533560.
Galloway, J. (2009) Harnessing Technology for Every Child Matters and Personalised Learning, New York, David Fulton.
House, R. (2012) ‘The inappropriateness of ICT in early childhood education: arguments from philosophy, pedagogy and developmental psychology’, in S. Suggate and E. Reese (eds) Contemporary Debates in Childhood Education and Development, Routledge, New York, pp. 105–21.
Kelly, S. (2014) ‘Malawi app “teaches UK pupils 18 months of maths in six weeks”’, BBC News Services [online]. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29063614 (accessed 25 March 2015).
Kraemer, K. L., Dedrick, J. and Sharma, P. (2009) ‘One laptop per child: vision vs. reality’, Communications of the ACM, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 66–73.
Kucirkova, N. (2014) ‘iPads in early education: separating assumptions and evidence’, Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 5, pp. 1–3; doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00715. Available online at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085648/ (accessed 8 March 2015).
Kucirkova, N., Messer, D., Sheehy, K. and Flewitt, R.S. (2013) ‘Sharing personalised stories on iPads: a close look at one parent–child interaction’, Literacy, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 115–22.
Lynch, J. and Redpath, T. (2014) ‘“Smart” technologies in early years literacy education: a meta-narrative of paradigmatic tensions in iPad use in an Australian preparatory classroom’, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, vol. 14 , no. 2, doi:10.1177/1468798412453150.
Neumann, M.N. and Neumann, D.L. (2013) ‘Touch screen tablets and emergent literacy’, Early Childhood Education Journal [online]. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10643-013-0608-3 (accessed 8 March 2015).
Prensky, M. (2001) ‘Digital natives, digital immigrants, part 1’, On the Horizon, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1–6.