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Mimi Ito

Mizuko (Mimi) Ito is a cultural anthropologist, studying youth new media practices in the US and Japan. She oversees research activities of the Digital Media and Learning Hub and is developing a research area focused on interest-driven learning. She is a Professor in Residence at the UC Humanities Research Institute, and has appointments at the Department of Informatics and the Department of Anthropology, and is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at UC Irvine. http://www.itofisher.com/mito

Publications

Cover of a report with white background and pink and blue title text, with decorative pink and blue dots and lines. Asset and Action-Based Approaches to Civic Learning: A Review of Frameworks, Evidence and Approaches
Social Media and Youth Wellbeing Report Cover Graphic Social Media and Youth Wellbeing: What We Know and Where We Could Go
The Connected Learning Research Network: Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship
HOMAGO 10th Anniversary Book Cover Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out, Tenth Anniversary Edition
Influences on Occupational Identity Report Cover Image Influences on Occupational Identity in Adolescence: A Review of Research and Programs
Affinity Online Book Cover Affinity Online: How Connection and Shared Interest Fuel Learning
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out Graphic Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out Kids Living and Learning with New Media
From Good Intentions to Real Outcomes cover page From Good Intentions to Real Outcomes: Equity by Design in Learning Technologies
Safe Space and Shared Interests Cover Page Safe Space and Shared Interests: YOUmedia Chicago as a Laboratory for Connected Learning
Connected Learning cover page Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

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