Hanging Out,
Messing Around,
and Geeking Out
T E N T H A N N I V E R S A R Y E D I T I O N
Kids Living
and Learning
with New Media
Mizuko Ito
Sonja Baumer
Matteo Bittanti
danah boyd
Rachel Cody
Becky Herr-Stephenson
Heather A. Horst
Patricia G. Lange
Dilan Mahendran
Katynka Z. Martínez
C. J. Pascoe
with contributions by Judd Antin, Megan Finn,
Arthur Law, Annie Manion, Sarai Mitnick,
David Schlossberg, and Sarita Schoenebeck
with a new preface by Mizuko Ito
and Heather A. Horst
Dan Perkel
Laura Robinson
Christo Sims
Lisa Tripp
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital
Media and Learning
Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth, edited by W. Lance
Bennett
Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility, edited by Miriam J. Metzger and Andrew J. Flanagin
Digital Youth, Innovation, and the Unexpected, edited by Tara McPherson
The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning, edited by Katie Salen
Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital Media, edited by Anna Everett
Youth, Identity, and Digital Media, edited by David Buckingham
Engineering Play: A Cultural History of Children’s Software by Mizuko Ito
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
by Mizuko Ito et al.
The Civic Web: Young People, the Internet, and Civic Participation by Shakuntala Banaji
and David Buckingham
Connected Play: Tweens in a Virtual World by Yasmin B. Kafai and Deborah A. Fields
The Digital Youth Network: Cultivating Digital Media Citizenship in Urban Communities
edited by Brigid Barron, Kimberley Gomez, Nichole Pinkard, and Caitlin K. Martin
The Interconnections Collection developed by Kylie Peppler, Melissa Gresalfi, Katie
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Script Changers: Digital Storytelling with Scratch by Kylie Peppler, Rafi Santo, Melissa
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Short Circuits: Crafting E-Puppets with DIY Electronics by Kylie Peppler, Katie Salen
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Soft Circuits: Crafting E-Fashion with DIY Electronics by Kylie Peppler, Melissa
Gresalfi, Katie Salen Tekinbaş, and Rafi Santo
Connected Code: Children as the Programmers, Designers, and Makers for the 21st Century
by Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke
Disconnected: Youth, New Media, and the Ethics Gap by Carrie James
Education and Social Media: Toward a Digital Future edited by Christine Greenhow,
Julia Sonnevend, and Colin Agur
Framing Internet Safety: The Governance of Youth Online by Nathan W. Fisk
Connected Gaming: What Making Video Games Can Teach Us About Learning and Lit-
eracy by Yasmin B. Kafai and Quinn Burke
Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality by Meryl Alper
Worried About the Wrong Things: Youth, Risk, and Opportunity in the Digital World by
Jacqueline Ryan Vickery
Good Reception: Teens, Teachers, and Mobile Media in a Los Angeles High School by
Antero Garcia
Families at Play: Connecting and Learning through Video Games by Sinem Siyahhan and
Elisabeth Gee
Resonant Games: Design Principles for Learning Games that Connect Hearts, Minds and the
Everyday by Eric Klopfer, Jason Haas, Scot Osterweil, and Louisa Rosenheck
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out
Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Mizuko Ito, Sonja Baumer, Matteo Bittanti, danah boyd, Rachel Cody,
Becky Herr-Stephenson, Heather A. Horst, Patricia G. Lange,
Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Z. Martínez, C. J. Pascoe, Dan Perkel,
Laura Robinson, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp
with contributions by Judd Antin, Megan Finn, Arthur Law, Annie Manion,
Sarai Mitnick, David Schlossberg, and Sarita Schoenebeck
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Preface to the tenth anniversary edition © 2019 Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ito, Mizuko, author. | Baumer, Sonja, author. | Bittanti, Matteo,
author.
Title: Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out : kids living and
learning with new media / Mizuko Ito, Sonja Baumer, Matteo Bittanti, Danah
Boyd, Rachel Cody, Becky Herr Stephenson, Heather A. Horst, Patricia G.
Lange, Dilan Mahendran, Katynka Z. Martinez, C. J. Pascoe, Dan Perkel,
Laura Robinson, Christo Sims, and Lisa Tripp ; preface by Mizuko Ito and
Heather A. Horst with the assistance of Heather A. Horst.
Description: Tenth Anniversary Edition. | Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2019] |
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on
digital media and learning | Revised edition of Hanging out, messing
around, and geeking out, c2010. | Includes bibliographical references and
index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059351 | ISBN 9780262537513 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Mass media and youth--United States. | Digital media--Social
aspects--United States. | Technology and youth--United States. |
Learning--Social aspects.
Classification: LCC HQ799.2.M352 H36 2019 | DDC 302.23083--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059351
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