This document summarizes a chapter about how new media has changed traditional notions of work for youth. It discusses how social media allows young people to express their creativity through blogs, videos, and other media. This creative work can lead to opportunities for entrepreneurship, freelancing, and developing skills that allow youth to pursue non-traditional career paths. While in the past work was defined as things like education, unskilled labor, and chores, new media has expanded the definition of work for youth to include creative and technical activities done for personal satisfaction as well as economic opportunities.

1. “Hanging Out, Messing
Around, and Geeking Out”
“Work” Chapter Summary
Luke McMahan

2. Work & America’s Youth
Traditional notions of “work”
for youth in America consist
of: Preparatory Educational
Contexts, Unskilled Labor,
and work in the Home
Proportion of involvement in
each influenced by socio-
economic class

3. Work & New Media
New Media challenges
traditional assumptions of
youth work by offering a new
means of creative production
Social Media allows young
people to express their
creativity and talents, build a
reputation, obtain feedback on
their creations, and achieve a
sense of satisfaction

4. 5 Facets of Work & New Media
ENTREPRENEURISM
FREELANCING
ENTERPRISE
NON-MARKET WORK
NON-MARKET PEER
PRODUCTION

5. Entrepreneurism
Youth Media Creations: fan
sites, blogs, podcasts, videos,
comics, graphic designs, music...
Publishing and sharing creative
work with social media allows
for audience as large as the
connected world
worldwide audience allows for
greater networking and chance
of discovery
Opportunity for developing
economic rewards for talent

6. Freelancing & Enterprise
Opportunity to use technological
and media expertise for economic
benefit (i.e. fixing and/or selling
computers)
Development of expertise affords
opportunity to break social class
stagnation (i.e. blue collar job path)
Helps to develop a business mindset
and develop professional skills

7. Non-market
Working with media for no immediate
economic benefit
Social class often contributes to nature of
non-market work
Wealthy children may pursue learning
objectives, while children in poverty may
be forced to “help” with technological
duties in the home (i.e. teaching a
relative computer skills)

8. Non-market Peer Production
Free Software & Social
Contributions (i.e. wikipedia
authoring, digital tutoring
lessons, uploading youtube
videos, creating smartphone
apps)
Enthusiasts like Gamers and
Anime developers create their
own content to enhance their
media experiences

9. Conclusion & Lessons
New Media’s
affects on youth
work in America

10. Conclusion & Lessons
New Media and
Technology are
adding a new
dimension to the
concept of work
for America’s
youth

11. Conclusion & Lessons
Children across the
class spectrum chose
to participate in
creative and
technological work
for personal, creative,
and economic
satisfaction

12. Conclusion & Lessons
Working with New Media can foster
professionally-applicable skills. These skills
can be a source for economic mobilization
Social media utilization makes media
creativity, skills, and talent visible to the
connected world
Increased visibility can provide opportunities
for recognition and reputation building

13. Conclusion & Lessons
The work youth
engage in with New
Media can be seen as
the dynamic between
public engagement,
cultural exchange,
and economic
participation

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