S Craig Watkins: 4 books

Book cover of Hip Hop Matters

Hip Hop Matters

Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement

by S. Craig Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005

From its humble beginnings in the Bronx to its transformation into a multibillion-dollar global industry, hip hop has stirred constant and contentious debate. Avoiding the simple caricatures that either celebrate or condemn this powerful movement, S. Craig Watkins produces one of the most thorough...
Book cover of The Young and the Digital

The Young and the Digital

What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future

by S. Craig Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009

In The Young and the Digital, S. CraigWatkins skillfully draws from more than 500 surveys and 350 in-depth interviews with young people, parents, and educators to understand how a digital lifestyle is affecting the ways youth learn, play, bond, and communicate. Timely and deeply relevant, the book...
Book cover of Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design
by Mizuko Ito, Kris Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013

This report is a synthesis of ongoing research, design, and implementation of an approach to education called “connected learning.” It advocates for broadened access to learning that is socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity. Connected...
Book cover of The Digital Edge

The Digital Edge

How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality

by S. Craig Watkins, Alexander Cho
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018

How black and Latino youth learn, create, and collaborate online The Digital Edge examines how the digital and social-media lives of low-income youth, especially youth of color, have evolved amidst rapid social and technological change. While notions of the digital divide between the “technology...
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