Navigating the Online Networks of Young Creators - An Investigation of Digital Visual Learning

This volume examines how young creators learn, create, and share their visual art online. Drawing from a robust set of case studies gathered locally, nationally, and internationally over three years with young adults 16-24, this work comes together as a crucial resource for understanding the evolving landscape of online art creation and dissemination by young people. The influence of social media is central to this exploration of the continuous cycle of producing, circulating, and consuming of digital images, here designated as digital visual learning networks (DVLN). As technology remains an inherent part of daily activities, contributions provide insights into how young creators harness tools to learn, innovate, and share.

List of contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Youth's Issues Regarding Identity.- 3. Digital Identities, Artistic Exploration and Pandemic Impacts: A Dual Perspective from High School Women.- 4. Young Creators: Mental Health and Digital Creative Art Practices.- 5. How Online Communities Foster Creative Practices in Queer and Neurodivergent Youth.- 6. How Young Creators Learn Online.- 7. Digital Dilemmas: Navigating Art Ownership and Copyright in Youth Online Practices.- 8. Artificial Intelligence Regarding Art Students' Visual Online Social Media Usage.- 9. Teaching: Integrating Social Media and Technology in the Contemporary Art Classroom.- 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Juan Carlos Castro
is Professor of Art Education at Concordia University, Canada. His previous books include
Mobile Media in and Outside of the Art Classroom: Attending to Identity, Spatiality, Movement, and Materiality
(2019),
Youth Practices in Digital Arts and New Media: Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
(2015), and
Educational, Psychological, and Behavioral Considerations in Niche Online Communities
(2014).

Joanna Black
is Professor of Visual Art Education at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Her previous books include
Youth Practices in Digital Arts and New Media: Learning in Formal and Informal Settings
(2015).

Product details

• Assisted by: Black (Editor), Joanna Black (Editor), Juan Carlos Castro (Editor), Juan Carlos Castro (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.04.2025
• EAN: 9783031835407
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3183540-7
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 16 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 450 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 209 p. 19 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Pädagogik, Kunst, Social Media, Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, Medienwissenschaften, Media Education, Fachspezifischer Unterricht, Arts, Computer-Anwendungen in Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften, Digital Humanities, Art Education, Creativity and Arts Education, Children and Youth Work, Digital Education and Educational Technology, Kunst: allgemeine Themen, arts education, Online Learning, youth and social media, youth art education, educational technologies, COVID-19 and education, visual art education