Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Cheryl | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Czerniewicz, Laura | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-29T08:36:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-29T08:36:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_ZA |
dc.description | This is the accepted version of the following article: Brown, C. & Czerniewicz, L. 2010. Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 26(5): 357-369., which has been published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00369.x. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | This paper interrogates the currently pervasive discourse of the 'net generation' finding the concept of the 'digital native' especially problematic, both empirically and conceptually. We draw on a research project of South African higher education students' access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to show that age is not a determining factor in students' digital lives; rather, their familiarity and experience using ICTs is more relevant. We also demonstrate that the notion of a generation of 'digital natives' is inaccurate: those with such attributes are effectively a digital elite. Instead of a new net generation growing up to replace an older analogue generation, there is a deepening digital divide in South Africa characterized not by age but by access and opportunity; indeed, digital apartheid is alive and well. We suggest that the possibility for digital democracy does exist in the form of a mobile society which is not age specific, and which is ubiquitous. Finally, we propose redefining the concepts 'digital', 'net', 'native', and 'generation' in favour of reclaiming the term 'digitizen'. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Brown, C., & Czerniewicz, L. (2010). Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy. <i>Journal of Computer Assisted Learning</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3334 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Brown, Cheryl, and Laura Czerniewicz "Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy." <i>Journal of Computer Assisted Learning</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3334 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Brown, C., Czerniewicz, L. 2010. Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0266-4909 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Brown, Cheryl AU - Czerniewicz, Laura AB - This paper interrogates the currently pervasive discourse of the 'net generation' finding the concept of the 'digital native' especially problematic, both empirically and conceptually. We draw on a research project of South African higher education students' access to and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to show that age is not a determining factor in students' digital lives; rather, their familiarity and experience using ICTs is more relevant. We also demonstrate that the notion of a generation of 'digital natives' is inaccurate: those with such attributes are effectively a digital elite. Instead of a new net generation growing up to replace an older analogue generation, there is a deepening digital divide in South Africa characterized not by age but by access and opportunity; indeed, digital apartheid is alive and well. We suggest that the possibility for digital democracy does exist in the form of a mobile society which is not age specific, and which is ubiquitous. Finally, we propose redefining the concepts 'digital', 'net', 'native', and 'generation' in favour of reclaiming the term 'digitizen'. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Computer Assisted Learning LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 0266-4909 T1 - Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy TI - Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3334 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3334 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Brown C, Czerniewicz L. Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3334. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Centre for Higher Education Development | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.source | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2010.00369.x. | |
dc.subject.other | cell-phone | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | critique | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | digital native | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | discourse | en_ZA |
dc.title | Debunking the 'digital native': beyond digital apartheid, towards digital democracy | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Postprint | en_ZA |
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