It's complicated : the social lives of networked teens
Record details
- ISBN: 0300166311
- ISBN: 9780300166316
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Physical Description:
xi, 281 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Identity : why do teens seem strange online? -- Privacy : why do youth share so publicly? -- Addiction : what makes teens obsessed with social media? -- Danger : are sexual predators lurking everywhere? -- Bullying : is social media amplifying meanness and cruelty? -- Literacy : are today's youth digital natives? -- Searching for a public of their own. |
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Subject: | Information technology -- Social aspects Teenagers -- Social life and customs -- 21st century Online social networks Internet and teenagers |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | 004.67 Boyd (Text) | 33294001881176 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
What is new about how teenagers communicate through services such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Do 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.