Appendix I: Project Overview

The Digital Youth Project was led by four principal investigators, Peter Lyman, Mizuko Ito, Michael Carter, and Barrie Thorne. During the course of the three-year research grant (2005–2008), seven postdoctoral researchers, 1 six doctoral students, 2 nine M.A. students, 3 one J.D. student, 4 one project assistant, 5 seven undergraduate students, 6 and four research collaborators 7 participated and contributed fieldwork materials for the project. To gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the intersection of youth, new media, and learning, principal investigators sought out individuals with expertise in a wide range of fields including anthropology, communication, political science, psychology, and sociology as well as computer science, engineering, and media studies. Many of the researchers also worked in industry and community organizations and built upon this experience to forge meaningful collaborations across research projects and disciplines.