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xivAcknowledgmentsIn addition to the authors and contributors to this report, we hadmany research assistants and collaborators who enriched this projectalong the way. Max Besbris, Brendan Callum, Allison Dusine, Sam Jackson,Lou-Anthony Limon, Renee Saito, Judy Suwatanapongched, and TammyZhu were research assistants as well as vital informants and experts in allthings digital and youth. We also benefited from working with our collaboratorson this project, Natalie Boero, Carrie Burgener, Juan Devis, ScottCarter, Paul Poling, Nick Reid, Rachel Strickland, and Jennifer Urban. TheBerkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, the PewInternet & American Life Project, the LAUSD Arts Education Branch, andthe Wallis Annenberg Initiative also were institutional collaborators in thisresearch. Karen Bleske, in addition to careful copyediting of the entirebook, provided invaluable help in integrating the many different voicesand styles of the contributors. Eric Olive was our web guru who helped getour work out to the online universe. At the MIT Press, the book was in thecapable editorial hands of Doug Sery, Katie Helke, and Mel Goldsipe.Our work has benefited from the wise counsel of many colleagues, morenumerous than we can fully name here. We would like to acknowledgethose who participated in the occasions that we organized to get formalfeedback on our work in progress. An early draft of this book was reviewedby John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid, Jabari Mahiri, Daniel Miller, Katie Salen,Ellen Seiter, and Barry Wellman. Their comments resulted in considerablechanges to this document that have both sharpened the argumentsand made it more intelligible to diverse audiences. As we were conductingour research, we arranged for periodic meetings and conversations so wecould be in dialogue with scholars we knew would inform our work. Inaddition to those who reviewed this book, we would like to thank thosewho participated and generously shared their insights and perspectives:Sasha Barab, Brigid Barron, Suzy Beemer, Linda Burch, Lynn SchofieldClark, Michael Cole, Brinda Dalal, Dale Dougherty, Penelope Eckert,Nicole Ellison, James Paul Gee, David Goldberg, Shelley Goldman, JoyceHakansson, Eszter Hargittai, Glynda Hull, Lynn Jamieson, Henry Jenkins,Joseph Kahne, Amanda Lenhart, Jane McGonigal, Ellen Middaugh, KennyMiller, Alesia Montgomery, Kimiko Nishimura, John Palfrey, NicholePinkard, Alice Robison, Ryan Shaw, Lissa Soep, Reed Stevens, DeborahStipek, Benjamin Stokes, Pierre Tchetgen, Doug Thomas, Avril Thorne, andMargaret Weigel.