Class

Sonia Livingstone is Professor in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE and the author or editor of nineteen books.Julian Sefton-Green is Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Media & Communication, LSE and an associate professor at the University of Oslo, and the author or editor of eleven books.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: An Invitation to Meet the Class 1. Living and Learning in the Digital Age 2. A Year of Fieldwork 3. Networks and Social Worlds 4. Identities and Relationships 5. Life at School: From Routines to Civility 6. Learning at School: Measuring and "Leveling" the Self 7. Life at Home Together and Apart 8. Making Space for Learning in the Home 9. Learning to Play Music: Class, Culture, and Taste 10. Life Trajectories, Social Mobility, and Cultural Capital Conclusion: Conservative, Competitive, or Connected Contents Appendix Notes References Index About the Authors

"An exemplary ethnography whose holistic engagement with children at home as well as at school allow for judicious appraisals of what actually matters, motivates, and has consequences for their lives. By fully respecting the childrens attempts to control the impact of digital technologies, negotiate their relationships and internalise but tame institutional pressures, this book gives us precisely the kind of empathetic sense of the child that we need to retain as adults." - Daniel Miller,author of Social Media in an English Village "In a richly textured account,The Classunpacks many of the grand claims made in public discourse about the perceived impactpositive and negativeof new media technologies on young peoples lives and future prospects. Intellectually engaging, lucidly written, and emotionally engrossing,The Classis required reading for policy makers, parents, and teachers alike." - Kirsten Drotner,co-editor of Informal Learning and Digital Media "One of the richest investigations to date of young people across the major sites of their livesschool, family, and among their peersThe Classwill be a distinctive contribution to media and youth studies. Displaying an impressive breadth of knowledge, the authors showcase lively ethnographic vignettes to draw significant, convincing, and exciting insights." - Dorothy Holland,co-author of Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds