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It's complicated : the social lives of networked teens / Danah Boyd.

By: boyd, danah (danah michele), 1977-.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: xi, 281 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300199000 (pbk.).Other title: It is complicated.Subject(s): Internet and teenagers | Online social networks | Teenagers -- Social life and customs -- 21st century | Information technology -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 004.67/80835
Contents:
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? -- Inequality : can social media resolve social divisions? -- Literacy : are today's youth digital natives? -- Searching for a public of their own -- Appendix. Teen demographics.
Summary: An absolutely essential read, written by a leading expert, for anyone who wants to understand young people's use of social media.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-266) and index.

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? -- Inequality : can social media resolve social divisions? -- Literacy : are today's youth digital natives? -- Searching for a public of their own -- Appendix. Teen demographics.

An absolutely essential read, written by a leading expert, for anyone who wants to understand young people's use of social media.

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