Ito,
M., Baumer, S., Bittanti, M., & Boyd, D. (2010). Hanging out, messing
around, and geeking out. Cambridge: MIT Press.
This
book describes the daily technology uses of several teens, using the term “media
ecologies” to describe the observation and recording of these activities. The
terms “hanging out,” “messing around,” and “geeking out,” were equated with
specific sorts of online behavior. Hanging out refers generally to using social
media such as Facebook to chat with friends, or arrange in-person hangouts.
Messing around refers to pursuing interests, often mutually with friends, and
developing those interests into clear pursuits. Geeking out refers to
established pursuits and seeking out information and like-minded people online.
These
behaviors are important, and have become the focus of many teen centers and
programs at public and school libraries. Giving teens the space and equipment
to hang out, mess around, and geek out, along with the guidance and support of
dedicated library staff, is a primary focus of public library teen centers, including
the new one opening soon in Bloomington.
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