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Dunkels et al. (applied educational science, Umea U., Sweden) assemble 14 articles that research current areas related to young people's use of interactive media in learning, knowledge exchange, and behavior, for students, professionals, and researchers in disciplines like education, library and information science, psychology, sociology, and computer and communication sciences. They first provide chapters by students in an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Sweden who comment on the later articles and discuss media literacy, learning styles, and informal learning, then chapters by international researchers in education, sociology, political science, finance, social anthropology, and informatics on the context of interactive media, how modern technology influences learning styles, the characteristics of the neomillenial learner and the influence of technological changes on them, schools that meet the challenges for teaching and learning, collaborative learning in video blogging, informal settings like fan fiction sites, processes connected to the development of literacies, media literacy education, and video game creation and learning. Subsequent chapters address environments beyond the classroom, the use of blogs in language studies, the Internet as a source of political information, the development of digital media skills, and other topics. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
