Craig Watkins, Associate Professor of Radio-TV-Film
The University of Texas at Austin
Three Expertise Keywords:
digital divide, race, videogames
Read More: http://rtf.utexas.edu/faculty/watkins/
http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2005/08/communication02.html
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060227/tate/2
http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2003/hiphop.html
Why Digital Media and Learning?
I believe digital media culture is transforming the way young people play, work, create, consume, live, and learn.
Recent Posts:
- Craig Watkins: Shut Out of Play: What Happens when Kids Don’t Have Access? (November 8, 2006)
Description of Current Work:
My current research examines the social, behavioral and health implications of young people’s consumption of urban/hip-hop influenced media like videogames, advertising, and digital music.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
The Power of Play: The Portrayal and Performance of Race in Video Games (MacArthur Series, 2008)
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262693646.141
Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (Beacon Press 2005)
Black Youth and Mass Media: Current Research and Emerging Questions (2000)
Representing: Hip-Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema (Univ. Chicago, 1998).
My research has been mentioned in The Nation, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, ESPN, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Vibe, MTV.com, NPR.
