Brief overview of my research interests associated with new literacies, adolescents and DIY media practices.

1. Michele Knobel “new literacies”

2. social practice new technical stuff new ethos stuff remix

3. Tanaka Nanaka and her fan fiction “It was just another ordinary day. Seventeen years old Sakura Kinomoto was sitting in the classroom daydreaming about her special someone. On her notebook, there was a hand drawn heart, and inside the heart, it says the name ‘Syaoran Li’ in it. Her emerald green eyes were gazed at the boy who was sitting in front of her.” (Nanako, in Black, 2009)

4. Tiana, Jandalf and their fan practices Thomas 2007

5. Maguma and his networked remixing

6. Other adolescents & their DIY media Steve (13 y.o.) – distributed MMORPG development (Leander and Mills 2007) Ogedei (14 y.o.) – digital game design and creation (Burn 2008) Jacob (12 y.o.) – skateboarding DVD (Willett 2009) Joey and E.J. – remix and multimedia productions (Vasudevan 2010)

7. “Insider” remix practices and teachers