The Young and the Digital

"The Young and the Digital is remarkably readable. Maybe even more remarkable is what a focused account Watkins has produced about a media climate that is still in flux, in which he ponders questions that may not be answered until this moment in media history has long passed."--Austin Chronicle

"With thorough research, deep thinking, and lively prose, Watkins adds enormously to our understanding of how the combination of new media and a new generation is changing the world. Read this refreshing book to understand our future!"--Don Tapscott, coauthor of Wikinomics

"The best and most nuanced report yet from the digital frontier." --James Paul Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy

"A must read for parents and educators!"--Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online

"Why does Facebook have the same appeal as gated communities? Is distraction more concerning than addiction? How do video games like World of Warcraft value friendship? Bracing yet reassuring, often surprising, and always substantive, Craig Watkins acts as an honest broker, testing the contradictory claims often made about young people's digital lives against sophisticated fieldwork."--Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide