Technology Touchpoints by Loretta L. C. Brady PhD

Author:Loretta L. C. Brady PhD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2022-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

SCHOOLING AND SCROLLING

Before he was a professor, Kristopher Alexander was an esports athlete, ranking top in the world in two different games and at times averaging fourteen hours of play a day to maintain his performance well enough for the global competitions. He is emphatic that video games may be consuming, and indeed too consuming for children needing to master educational material and engage in professional preparation. However, he’s equally clear that Facebook is as much of a “game” as any game he has trophied in.13 Scrolling through Facebook can add up to the equivalent of seventeen football fields in distance scrolled. And when that scrolling happens, whether on Facebook or another TSM, we are increasingly scrolling in gardens organized by race, class, and gender—even if we perceive it otherwise. Gaming community researcher Kishonna Gray writes:

Although the era of public segregation may be gone, modern digital segregation mirrors the historical practice of designating space as whites only. These practices come in many forms, including lack of inclusion, toxic environments, and outright hostility, harassment, and violence in many contexts. Virtual spaces are direct mirrors of historical segregation, as overt racism permeates them.14

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