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标题：Digital Natives and Virtual Communities: Towards a New Paradigm of Mediated Communication
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作者：Anabela Gradim
期刊名称：Estudos em Comunicação
电子版ISSN：1646-4974
出版年度：2009
期号：5
页码：53-73
出版社：Universidade da Beira Interior
摘要：THEpurpose of this work is to make apparent the link between the newparadigm of mediated communication, characteristic of digital natives,and virtual communities. Gen-M is the first generation to live solely in thenew paradigm of mediated communication, characterized by being a paradigmwhere information consumption and production have melted into one figure.Our claim is that they were driven to it through contemporary modes of so-cialization, namely by hanging around in a wide range of virtual communities.Outlining the main characters of the new emerging paradigm is the other scopeof this research