I didn’t quite know what to expect from the Ito article when I first read the title. Part of me expected a sort of dry, academic piece on “kids and the media” viewed from the lens of someone who sort of understands but still misses the mark. Suffice to say I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the section on “Geeking Out”, which is the type of new media engagement defined by Ito as “…an intense commitment to or engagement with media or technology, often one particular media property, genre, or type of technology.”<\/p>\n
I would say this sort of behavior describes much of my childhood through adolescence: I would find some sort of community (gaming, politics, and the vast expanses of YouTube channels to name a few), attach myself to it, and learn as much as I could related to that subject. While someone from any other generation would likely look at this behavior of being glued to your computer screen as a purely negative thing, I can’t help but look back on those communities fondly and think that they were largely responsible for shaping my interests and personality as an adult today. I learned how to become an expert in a field (given one of little relative consequence) and from there, I developed larger obsessions that still carry on to this day.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, I feel as though \u00a0the rapid and frequent process of large sums of information via “geeking out” is surely defined as literary activity, and the interactive portion only confounds this, and is a reflection of how “new media” is affecting our literacy capacities later in life.<\/p>\n
My question then is this: How much of your childhood was spent “Geeking out” in online communities, and how do you think it has impacted the way you view and utilize literacy today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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