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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

danah boyd

Teens' online lives are more than the fears they provoke. Their accounts clarify identity, privacy, risk, inequality, and the search for public life.

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9 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

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Author
danah boyd
Parts
9 parts
Reading time
about 27 minutes

What the summary covers

  1. Introduction: The Public Life of Networked Teens3 min
  2. 1. Identity: Why Do Teens Seem Strange Online?3 min
  3. 2. Privacy: Why Do Youth Share So Publicly?3 min
  4. 3. Addiction: What Makes Teens Obsessed with Social Media?3 min
  5. 4. Danger: Are Sexual Predators Lurking Everywhere?4 min
  6. 5. Bullying: Is Social Media Amplifying Meanness and Cruelty?3 min
  7. 6. Inequality: Can Social Media Resolve Social Divisions?3 min
  8. 7. Literacy: Are Today’s Youth Digital Natives?3 min
  9. 8. Searching for a Public of Their Own2 min

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