The Internet Playground

Ellen Elizabeth Seiter

doi:10.4324/9781410611000-14

The Internet Playground

Ellen Elizabeth Seiter

Academy of Film

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Abstract

Computers often evoke strong feelings in parents. On the one hand, there is a tangle of generational and class values, and on the other a desire to recruit children’s play for vocational training. At first computers appeared to be the ultimate fulfillment of adult desires to see play turned to a purposeful end, to use play for progress and child development-all this without children noticing the beneficial effects. Computers and the exploration of the Internet would make learning fun for children highly motivated by their intrinsic aptitude for computers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Toys, Games, and Media
Editors	Jeffrey Goldstein, David Buckingham, Gilles Brougere
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
Chapter	7
Pages	93-108
Number of pages	16
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781410611000
ISBN (Print)	9780805858297, 9780805849035
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410611000-14
Publication status	Published - 19 Jul 2004

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