Presentation at the IAMCR-conference in Paris about the experience of pre-adolescents of online communities through the case of Ketnet Kick

2. The Era of You! The world has changed… We live in networks, online communities… where people are empowered in the web 2.0.

3. … A world where children are at the epicentre of the digital world! The world is becoming populated with digital natives.

4. In this world it is often said that children are becoming adolescents at an earlier age, there is a new phase: pre-adolescence. The internet is a way for children to discover a whole new world, a world beyond their playground. It looks like children are defining users of new media, they are often called media experts.

5. Is this true?

8. Middle Childhood The Big C’s Competitors Creators Collaborators Collectors Hughes, Piaget, Corsaro PLAY

9. The netplay society

12. Community The essence of a sense of community. We have searched for signs of a sense of community in Ketnet Kick We see a community as a group of people that share a sense of community in a communal space , where interactivity can take place.

14. Unfortunately no one can be told what Ketnet Kick is… … you have to see it for yourself!

15. The community experience of Ketnet Kick From an imagined community… … to an interpretative community

19. Conclusions

21. Online and Offline Towards a hybridization of online and offline The practices of children:

23. Questions? Contacts: Tim Van Lier, +32 (0)2 6291890, Tim.Van. [email_address] .ac.be Jo Pierson, +32 (0)2 6292412, jo . [email_address] . ac . be IBBT Research Group SMIT - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels (Belgium) Thank you for listening!