Today the young and young-at-heart are increasingly using new media to live, play, work, and learn in ways that are changing our identities and identifications, our social networks and relationships, and our cultures and communities.

In many places we are all conducting research and developing theoretical approaches and investigative methods focused on different aspects of this important phenomenon. The YNML CONSORTIUM is designed to facilitate more regular contact with each another and access to one another’s ideas, research, and advice.