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THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE DIGITAL GENERATION

Project description

ICT impact on the digital generation

Advanced technological transformations have profound impacts on the daily lives of children and young people. Today, youth under the age of 18 are described as the digital generation. However, it is believed that the digital revolution is not perceived in positive terms by all children and young people. The EU-funded DigiGen project will use participatory methodologies to understand why and how some children and young people take advantage of ICT while others are negatively affected. The methodologies used by the project consist of moving the centre of attention from a 'research on' to a 'research with' approach that makes children and young people co-creators and co-researchers.

Objective

DigiGen aims to develop significant knowledge about how children and young people use and are affected by technological transformations in their everyday lives. The project is organised into eight distinct work packages. It will make use of participatory methodologies that moves the focus from “research on” children and young people to a focus of “research with” children and young people as co-researchers, co-creators and co-designers. The goal of DigiGen is to understand why and how some children and young people benefit from ICT use while others seem to be impacted negatively. It takes as its focus children and young people (from 0-18 years of age), a group growing up today that is described as the digital generation (DigiGen). Through sustained engagement with the digital generation, the project will include the use of innovative quantitative and qualitative methods and in-depth case studies. The cross-disciplinary team of researchers will enhance cooperation between home, schools and the wider community to ensure safe and productive ways of using ICTs. In understanding the impact of technological transformations as they affect the digital generation, we identify a set of systems that are important in young people’s lives. These systems include a focus on family (the home), leisure, education and the wider community (civic participation). The outcome of the project will contribute to the development of explanatory models that will inform relevant stakeholders and practitioners on the long-term effects of ICT on child development and on practices that maximise risks, minimise risks and maximise benefits.

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(opens in new window) H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-2018-2019-2020

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Coordinator

OSLOMET - STORBYUNIVERSITETET
Net EU contribution

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€ 781 581,25
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PILESTREDET 46
0167 Oslo
Norway

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Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 781 581,25

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