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Atkinson, Stephen; Nixon, Helen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2005
In this paper we examine how the figure of the teenager is positioned within the discourses and practices of commercial online media. In particular, we explore how the popular, Australia-based web portal "ninemsn" works discursively to shape the identities of young people. Ninemsn not only constructs and circulates selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication