Living and learning with new media the macarthur foundation 1 living and learning with new media summary of findings from the digital youth project mizuko ito heather horst matteo bittanti danah boyd becky herr stephenson patricia g lange cj pascoe and laura robinson with sonja baumer rachel cody dilan mahendran katynka martinez . The john d and catherine t macarthur foundation as part of a broader initiative on digital media and learning the study represents a 33 million investment to contribute to basic. The macarthur foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just verdant and peaceful world in addition to selecting the macarthur fellows we work to defend human rights advance global conservation and security make cities better places and understand how technology is affecting children and society. Request pdf on jan 1 2009 mizuko ito and others published living and learning with new media summary of findings from the digital youth project find read and cite all the research you need . This white paper summarizes the results of a three year ethnographic study funded by the john d and catherine t macarthur foundation examining young peoples participation in the new media ecology it represents a condensed version of a longer treatment of the project findings