---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carl Webb <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:14 AM Subject: Craig Watkins to discuss youth and social media at Austin Forum tonight To: Black Data Processing Associates Austin <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], Black Families Austin <[email protected]>
Craig Watkins to discuss youth and social media, Dec. 8 *20 November 2009* [image: S. Craig Watkins] *Event*: Radio-TV-Film Associate Professor Craig Watkins<http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/cswatkins.html>, author of "The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future," is the featured speaker at the December meeting of the Austin Forum. *This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP<[email protected]>to this event. * * * *When*: Dec. 8, 2009 5:45-6:30 p.m. networking reception 6:30-7:30 p.m. speech and Q&A session *Where*: The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center<http://www.meetattexas.com/>, Amphitheater (Rm. 204). *Background*: For the first time in more than 50 years, television is no longer our dominant medium: young people are now spending an average of six to eight hours a day online. Watkins contends that most teens and twenty-somethings migrate online to share their lives with friends—something television simply cannot offer—and the ubiquitous presence of cell phones, laptops, and iPods places them at the center of our evolving digital landscape. In "The Young and the Digital," Watkins 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 covers the influence of MySpace and Facebook, the growing appetite for “anytime, anywhere” media and “fast entertainment,” how online “digital gates” reinforce race and class divisions, and how technology is transforming America’s classrooms. Watkins also debunks popular myths surrounding cyberpredators, Internet addiction, and social isolation. The result is a fascinating portrait, both celebratory and wary, about the coming of age of the first fully wired generation. For more information: The Austin Forum on Science, Technology & Society<http://www.austinforum.org/speakers/watkins.html> . ### *Contact*: Faith Singer-Villalobos Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) The University of Texas at Austin <[email protected]> <[email protected]> [email protected] -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
