1. Adolescence, schooling &identity: New & old contexts Old (back to 1950 & 1980) Local area only (incl family, community,school for some in 1950 for most 1980) New (2010+) Local area (as above) BUT Glocalisation via media (e.g. TV, new social media) Growth of: Music Sport (for both male & female) Technology (when innovations become appliances) Homes, bedrooms as multi-media hubs & multi- tasking P Conway, PDE @ UCC1

2. P Conway, PDE @ UCC 2 3. Statistics on family (CSO,2008 Family size children in 1981-2006: 1 or 2 child families increase: 77% (1)& 31% (2) 4, 5 or 6 child families decrease: 59%,79% & 89% Family configuration: Single/dualparent 17.6% in single parent families(187,000 or 1 of 6 in 2006), 86%headed by women P Conway, PDE @ UCC3 4. Changing adolescents in achanging family systems More diverse family structures in Ireland(& other Western countries, Coleman,2010) now than in past Parental work patterns (changing - boom tobust), blended families, smaller, more singleparent households, separation & divorce Issues: Earlier bio-psycho-social maturity amongadolescents, e.g. pressure to be more independent earlier (Feldman, 2008) Family boundaries & roles more changingblurred,e.g. adolescents as workers, onlinelives, access to moneyP Conway, PDE @ UCC 4 5. P Conway, PDE @ UCC 5 6. P Conway, PDE @ UCC 6 7. Wired youth: social world ofadolescents in information age "Its the cool thing to do. Its amazing howquickly it has taken off - a few monthsago, no one had heard of it but now, its abit weird if you havent got a page onBebo." (Dublin teenager, 2006) In 2006, Ireland had highest uptake ofBebo globally among adolescentsP Conway, PDE @ UCC7 8. P Conway, PDE @ UCC 8 9. Digital life & families More than one thing at a time Multi-tasking Knowers - digital natives status of computer & knowledge about digitaltools & family hierarchy When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of the WWWNow even my cat has its own page (Bill Clinton, 1996) Family boundaries Home as safe, danger on the street? Expectation gaps Using for HW or.?? P Conway, PDE @ UCC9 10. P Conway, PDE @ UCC 10 11. Growing up digital I Children are the epicentre of theinformation revolution, ground zero of thedigital world (Katz, 1997) Issues Self, other & identity: Who? Identity-work: birds of a feather Face-to-face & virtual lives e.g. second self, Turkle, 1994 Digital natives & immigrants (Tapscott, 1998) Time: How long? Technology 20+ hrs/p/wk + multi-tasking P Conway, PDE @ UCC 11 12. Growing up Digital II Issues Place & Space: Where? In homes (3 modes): childrens machine, interloper & heart of the family On-line/off-line links, e.g. facebook effect What? New patterns of communication, expression & motivation (Mesch & Talmud, 2010) The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow (Bill Gates) Web 2.0 from consumers to producers, e.g use of YouTube, new social media P Conway, PDE @ UCC12