Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
E-Learning and Digital Media
Publisher
Sage Publications Inc
School
School of Education
RAS ID
28180
Grant Number
ARC Number : DP140101258
Abstract
New media has enabled users to informally learn, consume, create and produce in many different ways and forms at (almost) any time. In 2013, Papacharissi and Easton further theorised Bourdieu’s notion of habitus to embrace new media in the 21st century, coining ‘habitus of the new’ focusing on the novelty and practices surrounding new media. This article explores the digital practices inside of school, and the ways young people use new media on their digital devices (including their smartphones). The article points to some dysfunctional practices that practically occur when endeavouring to incorporate these individual devices for learning purposes. Drawing upon a large study utilising ethnographic studies of three public secondary schools located in the state of Victoria, Australia, I provide four vignettes highlighting how and when students used their digital devices for learning, leisure, and social interaction, performing the habitus of the new, and working around teacher directives.
DOI
10.1177/2042753019831385
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Johnson, N. F. (2019). Dysfunctional devices in the classroom meet habitus of the new. E-Learning and Digital Media, 16(3), 208–220. Available here