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It's Complicated The Social Lives of Networked Teens

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ISBN-10: 0300166311

ISBN-13: 9780300166316

Edition: 2014

Authors: danah boyd

List price: $27.00
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What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Does social media affect the quality of teens’ lives? In this eye-opening book, youth culture and technology expert danah boyd uncovers some of the major myths regarding teens' use of social media. She explores tropes about identity, privacy, safety, danger, and bullying. Ultimately, boyd argues that society fails young people when paternalism and protectionism hinder teenagers’ ability to become informed, thoughtful, and engaged citizens through their online interactions. Yet despite an environment of rampant fear-mongering, boyd finds that teens often find ways to engage and to develop a…    
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Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/25/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English