Blogging and Tweens: Communication Portal to Reading Selection and Engagement
Description:
The ethnographic study utilized the research techniques of observations, content analysis, and semi-structured interviews with tween participants (i.e., 9 through 13 year-old youth) during an 8-week literary blog project. Twenty-six participants created individual blog pages within a member-only classroom blog site that allowed for online communication between members. the blog project incorporated social networking applications with which youth frequently engage. the research questions ensured…
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Date:
May 2012
Creator:
Sharber, Shelli K.
Partner:
UNT Libraries