The Digital Natives Project is proud to announce that Principle Investigators John Palfrey and Urs Gasser’s Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Basic Books) is now available.

Born Digital is an essential intervention in and guide through the discussion around children born into and raised in a connected, digital world. Urs and John tackle the issues — from online safety to the participation gap to digital creativity — in ways that are congenial to fellow academics, as well as to parents, teachers, and others interested in youth and technology.

For more information, links to booksellers, and an excerpt, visit the book’s website
(and check out the Basic Books interview with John Palfrey).

We hope Born Digital will further the public conversation happening around youth and digital media, and bring more people into the discussion. To this end, we are collecting all reactions to the book below. Have an opinion? We’d love to hear what you think. Comment on the blog, contribute to our wiki, check us out on YouTube, post to the Facebook discussion board for the book or the project, or, send us an old-fashioned email at digitalnatives [at] cyber.law.harvard.edu

(Link overload? Please visit the Digital Natives site for a selection of responses.)

Audio-Video/Interviews with the Authors:

Video: Debunking Digital Stereotypes with John Palfrey - Kara Tsuboi for CNET News

“Harvard Professor sees answers to nagging Web-youth issues” - CNET News

Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives - Deborah Harper interviews John Palfrey for Psychjourney Podcasts

Journalism, Youth, and Business in the Digital World (Audio) - kuow.org

Analyzing the Digital Generation - Interview with John Palfrey on ABC News’ Ahead of the Curve

The Digital Generation - John Palfrey on CBS Evening News

Show #81 - Prof. John Palfrey - Hearsay Culture

Facebook Usage - John Palfrey on Here and Now

“Does Anyone Care about Privacy Anymore?” - The Digital Age with James Goodale

“What to do about Internet lies?” - The Digital Age with James Goodale

Book Talk/Presentation Reviews:

John Palfrey at Google in DC - The Command Line

John Palfrey: “Born Digital” Presentation - The Shifted Librarian

Harvard Professor Gives Talk on Internet Use - The China Post

NFAIS 2009: Keyonote: Born Digital - What I learned today Blog

Other Reviews & Reactions:

‘New book by Harvard Law Library’s director‘ Legal Research Plus blog at Stanford Law School

‘Are you Born Digital or digitally challenged?‘ New Media Blog

‘Just Released, Palfrey and Gasser’s Born Digital‘ Law Librarian Blog

‘Digital Native‘ johnmac’s rants

‘Buying Born Digital for my Kindle‘ The Shifted Librarian

‘Born Digital” by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser’ danah boyd’s blog

‘Book - Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives‘ experientia: Putting People First

‘How web rights are coming‘ Antony Lowenstein’s blog

‘Born Digital: read all about it!‘ MixedRealities by Roland Legrand

‘Understanding the utility of the web‘ Vad NU! by Mads Kristensen

“Digital Natives” grew up as “dwellers on two planets” Bill’s Book Reviews and News

‘New Read: Born Digital‘ On Our Minds @ Scholastic

‘Born Digital - Big, Important Book‘ TotSpot blog by Adam Katz

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants and Digital Illiterates Seisimo blog

BORN DIGITAL Attempts to Make Sense of Digital Natives Musings on Education blog

Born Digital - New book for better understanding teenagers Connect with your Teens through Pop Culture and Technology blog

‘born digital’ by urs gasser and john palfrey has been released mira in digtaland

Listen to the Digital Natives, Sync Up With Your iKids Educational Musings

Born Digital: A review for the moment Andy Oram of O’Reilly Media responds on the Digital Natives Wiki

Born Digital @ eon Charlie Nesson reads from the introduction of Born Digital

Digital Natives around the World - an Introducation Andre Valle on the Digital Natives Blog

Youth, New Media Literacies, and Civic Engagement Henry Jenkins on PBS Media Shift: Idea Lab blog

Born Digital: Understanding The First Generation of Digital Natives Xconomy Boston

Born Digital Visu@l Ethnogr@phy

‘Born Digital’: Fighting the Internet Culture Wars - Ypulse

Being a Digital Immigrant - Remlog

Born Digital… - Bostonist, Arts & Events

Born Digital - Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives: A Review - The Next Generation of Educational Leadership

Born Digital - HASTAC

First Reactions to Born Digital - Bill Romanos comments on John Palfrey’s Blog

Forge a Vision, Drop Rhetoric, & Lead Forward - Matthew Rathbun for Agent Genius

New Book: Born Digital by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser - Weblogg-ed

Twitter BD Reaction - Howard Rheingold on FriendFeed

Review: Born Digital by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser - Celeste Biever for New Scientist

“Emos and Digital Natives - Lack of Information Methods” - Stockholm as the Cradle of Future Thinking Blog

“Born Digital. Raised…?” (BD in the Netherlands) - Buitengaats Blog

Born Digital - Mark Bullen for Net Gen Nonsense Blog

Keeping ‘Digital Natives’ From Getting Restless - Brendan Lynch for MassHighTech

Are you a Digital Native, Digital Immigrant, or Digital Settler? - Alec Hosterman for Hyperreal Blogging

Born Digital! - Internet & Democracy Project Blog

Facebook Profile Before First Steps? - Harvard Magazine

Digital Natives, the coming rulers of the world - The Hindu

General Myth: Not all young people are tech-savvy - Siva Vaidhyanathan for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Study: Teen video game play closes Digital Divide - Stefanie Olsen for CNET News

Born Digital: A Discussion - WiredPen

Born Digital - Ario’s Digital Detritus Born Digital Blog

(berkman) Born Digital - Davide Weinberger for Joho Blog

Smarty-Pants Harvard Intellectual Explains the Internet Generation - Lisa Green for Under the Radar

Futurist: A Different Digital Divide - Mark Stencel for CQ Politics

Law School Profs Ponder Printed Books - Andrea James for Seattle Post Intelligencer

Writer Relays Real War Stories - Kevin Walker for the Tampa Tribune

Book Review: Born Digital - Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives - The Learned Fangirl Blog

Understanding Students Who Were “Born Digital” - Inside Higher Ed

Born Digital Students - Marie S. Newman for Out of the Jungle Blog

‘Born Digital’ - Emily Reynolds for The Daily Collegian

Q&A: Harvard’s Palfrey explains ‘digital natives’ to older ‘digital immigrants’ - Heather Havenstein for Computerworld

Learning Beyond the Page - Reeneswrite’s Live Journal

An Optimized View - Amanda Henry for the Washington Post

Born Digital: Is Common Sense Enough? - Joey Mornin’s Blog

Understanding Our Digital Kids - Adam D. Thierer for City Journal
- see also: a book review by Adam Thierer for the Technology Liberation Front

Digital Natives May Force Rethinking on Copyright, Privacy and Broadband - Drew Bennett for BroadbandCensus.com

Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives - Jeffrey Barlow for Interface

Context Book Report: Born Digital - The Blog and Me

Born Digital - The Brooks File Blog

Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives - AlterNet

US Expert Exposes Pros and Cons of the Digital Age - Taipei Times

Born Digital: My Thoughts Chapter by Chapter - Virtual Community

“Born Digital: A LIS786 Context Book Report” - Tame the Web, Lindsey Pfeifer

“Deeper Info Habits” - David Warlick, 2 cents Worth blog

“Law Professors research, discuss issues of first generation digital natives” - Elene de Valle of Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations website and podcast

AUTHOR REACTIONS

‘Born Digital: How to Deal With Online Aggression?‘ Urs Gasser’s blog

‘First Few Reactions to Born Digital‘ John Palfrey’s blog