Observing the Alleged Internet Savvy: Accounts of Exceptional Online Creativity by Dutch Youth.

In new media and children research, the 'cyberkid' label is often used to describe the younger generation and creative online activities. Whilst this label rightfully underlines the increased access to more and new media by children, it does not adequately comprehend intense and skilled online activities. As such, youngsters become alleged to be internet savvy, whereas only a small part of this group really is. This research provides a better understanding of what internet savvy youngsters do online exactly, b) how they do it, c) why they do what they do when producing creative content and d) how they employ these activities in their everyday life. Building on robust data by the web-logging application Roxy and Constant Comparative Method results illustrate the complexity of exceptional online creativity. Producing activities are not self-contained and build on multiple structured, complementing activities. A two-fold typology becomes apparent; creativity wizzkids and exceptional creatives.