Youth practices in digital arts and new media : learning in formal and informal settings / Joanna Black, Juan Carlos Castro and Ching-Chiu Lin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic, Social and Personal Aspects of Educating for Creativity: A Study of a Community-Based Youth Media Arts Program -- 3. Amplifying Youth Cultural Practices by Engaging and Developing Professional Identity Through Social Media -- 4. New Media Pedagogy in Two High Schools: A Look at Formal Learning Environments -- 5. Learning in Place: Profiles of Youth Media Arts Practices in an Informal Learning Setting -- 6. Conclusion.

This edited volume brings together a collection of innovative research and community customs about youths' practices in new media that are examined in diverse formal and infomal learning environmentts. This book is designed to promote an understanding of and share knowledge around a growing area of youth interests in digital media and arts learning in traditional and untraditional milieux. Investigations of youths' digital arts practice are discussed, in which the authors indentify and discuss types of learning spaces. Additionally, this critical discussion is related to creativity in digital art practices and is considered in light of the recent focus on youths' participation in digital culture that affects social change, pedagogy, and creative learning practices.