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TakenOutOfContext.pdf (application/pdf Object)
http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf

Impact des réseaux sociaux sur les ados américains...
teens in networked social spaces. danah boyds dissertation.
"While teenagers primarily leverage social network sites to engage in common practices, the properties of these sites configured their practices and teens were forced to contend with the resultant dynamics. Often, in doing so, they reworked the technology for their purposes. As teenagers learned to navigate social network sites, they developed potent strategies for managing the complexities of and social awkwardness incurred by these sites. Their strategies reveal how new forms of social media are incorporated into everyday life, complicating some practices and reinforcing others. New technologies reshape public life, but teens’ engagement also reconfigures the technology itself."
Dr danah boyd's newly-minted PhD from UC Berkeley was awarded based on her fantastic thesis project, "Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics." danah's ground-breaking research on how kids (especially marginal kids) use the Internet has been featured here a lot -- she was one of the contributors to Mimi Ito's gigantic Digital Youth Project, and the attorneys general's report on the relative absence of pedophiles online.
Internet generation leave parents behind | Media | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/19/internet-generation-parents
This expensive private report is summarised in this Guardian article which monitors changes in childrens behaviour in terms of reading and the internest
Artikel uit The Guardian over de internetgeneratie en hun ouders
Internet generation leave parents behind • Change in communication creating divide, says study • Children spend six hours a day in front of screens
UK stats anmd trends presentd by the Guardian.
According to research children cram in nearly six hours of screen time per day
The report is based on an annual survey, now into its 15th year, of 1,800 children at 92 schools across the country. "This year has seen a major boost to the intensity and the independence with which children approach online activities," the report says. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F2009%2Fjan%2F19%2Finternet-generation-parents
"Living and Learning with Social Media"
http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/PennState2009.html
Interesante estudio
"Living and Learning with Social Media" danah boyd Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology Penn State: State College, PA 18 April 2009 [This is a rough unedited crib of the actual talk] Citation: boyd, danah. 2009. "Living and Learning with Social Media." Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College, PA: April 18.
Unedited crib of talk from Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. State College, PA: April 18.
danah boyd
Facebook's Own Estimates Show Declining Student Numbers; Now More Grandparents Than High School Users
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebooks_own_estimates_show_youth_flight_from_sit.php
There are more Facebook users over 55 years old today than there are high school students using the site
"35 to 54 year old users, now the biggest group on the site"
This is just interesting...
Facebook user demos
Twitter is for old people, work experience whiz-kid tells bankers - Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6703399.ece
very cool story
Very relevant to sourcing and creating any type of media for YP. It gives me insight into what my (and other) children are on.
It's SO over: cool cyberkids abandon social networking sites | Media | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/06/young-abandon-social-networking-sites
5% drop in 18-24 using social networking sites like facebook
Teens Don’t Tweet; Twitter’s Growth Not Fueled By Youth | Nielsen Wire
http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/teens-dont-tweet-twitters-growth-not-fueled-by-youth/
"Perhaps even more impressively, [twitters] growth has come despite a lack of adoption by teens and young adults". http://bit.ly/Bi77X [from http://twitter.com/iacob/statuses/3092997185]
My theory -- the "mainstreaming" (i.e., more people besides early adopters and younger users) of social media means opportunity for more mainstream-type tactics...ala, overtly capitalistic intentions of participants. Just as we all watch and talk about entertaining TV commercials, we will also accept brand participation in the social landscape. As long as you're adding to the conversation, it will become absolutely acceptable and even expected that you "sell something." This is counter to 20-something experts' "rules" for social media. But I think it's an inevitable evolution of the media as the rest of us join the fray.
Twitter has anyway grown to be a major online presence and is being driven forward by significant buzz
apophenia: Teens Don't Tweet... Or Do They?
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2009/08/06/teens_dont_twee.html
Yesterday, Mashable reported Nielsen's latest Twitter numbers with the headline Stats Confirm It: Teens Don't Tweet. This gained traction on Twitter turning into the trending topic "teens don't tweet" which was primarily kept in play all day yesterday with teens responding to the TT by saying "I'm a teen" or the equivalent of "you're all idiots... what am I, mashed potatoes?" I want to unpack some of what played out because I'm astonished by the misinterpretations in every which direction. We have a methodology and interpretation problem. As Fred Stutzman has pointed out, there are reasons to question Nielsen's methodology and, thus, their findings. Furthermore, the way that they present the data is misleading. If we were to assume an even distribution of Twitter use over the entire U.S. population, it would be completely normal to expect that 16% of Twitter users are young adults. So, really, what Nielsen is saying is, "Everyone expects social media to be used primarily by the young
Teens Don't Tweet... Or Do They?
"Everyone expects social media to be used primarily by the young but OMG OMG
analysis of neilsen article
STATS: Young People Are Flocking to Twitter
http://mashable.com/2009/09/02/twitter-demographics/
According to new data from comScore, younger users – specifically those in the 12-17 and 18-24 year-old demographics – are Twitter’s fastest growing audience segment.
One of the most actively discussed topics in the Twitter universe over the past couple months has been the idea that teens don’t tweet – at least not as
In other words, unlike popular social sites before it – most notably Facebook() and MySpace() – Twitter is actually “aging in reverse,” first gaining popularity with older users and only later teens and young adults.
"most notable positive shifts are evident among the 12-17 and 18-24 year old segments"
Digital Youth Project: If you care about kids and want to understand how they use technology and why, this is a must-read - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/20/digital-youth-projec.html
The conclusions are sane, compassionate, and compelling: in a nutshell, the "serious" stuff we all hope kids will do online (researching papers and so on) are only possible within a framework of "hanging out, messing around and geeking out." That is to say, all the "time-wasting" social stuff kids do online are key to their explorations and education online.
"hanging out, messing around and geeking out."
Comment from Cory Doctorow on the Digital Youth Project, publishing results of the ethnographic study of kids use on Internet.
Is YouTube the Next Google? - ReadWriteWeb
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_youtube_the_next_google.php
the
Use YouTube to find information?
Discusses the rise of the video and the potential impact on the internet. Includes interesting section on "Generation YouTube"
Guest Post - Generation Y in the Workplace Explained | chrisbrogan.com
http://www.chrisbrogan.com/guest-post-generation-y-in-the-workplace-explained/
Guest Post -
this post by Teresa really hit the nail on the head in illustrating why Gen Y plays the game differently in the workplace. I can honestly say that I agree with all 6 of her points.
As Gen Y enters the professional world, we bring a whole new set of rules. We’re often criticized for our restless job-jumping or our sense of entitlement. The truth is, we might play the game differently, but that doesn’t mean we’re not every bit as bright, innovative, and hardworking. Here’s why.
This is a guest post by Teresa Wu As Gen Y enters the professional world, we bring a whole new set of rules. We're often criticized for our restless
Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds - Kaiser Family Foundation
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/mh012010pkg.cfm
This national survey of children about their media use was released at an event in Washington, D.C. featuring the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. A webcast is available.
The report about childrens and youngsters use of media
The Posse Foundation
http://www.possefoundation.org/
organized, clean, good use of white space, two distinctive yet subtle (not overpowering) colors, good use of typography.
Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra | Video on TED.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1.html
A couple of amazing performances by a Venezuelan youth orchestra. Something about it made me tear up a bit.
Beautiful!
Teens and Their Mobile Phones / Flowtown (@flowtown)
http://www.flowtown.com/blog/teens-and-their-mobile-phones?display=wide
How Teens Use Cellphones [INFOGRAPHIC] http://www.flowtown.com/blog/teens-and-their-mobile-phones?display=wide
How are teens using their Cell Phones?
RT @trendplanner: Teens and Their Mobile Phones: An infographic - http://ow.ly/1HCqL
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online time 'is good for teens'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7740895.stm
News article Nov 2008. Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed.
Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed.
Surfing the internet, playing games and hanging out on social networks are important for teen development, a large study of online use has revealed. The report counters the stereotypical view held by many parents and teachers that such activity is a waste of time.
The Tell-All Generation Learns When Not To, at Least Online - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/fashion/09privacy.html
RT @eni_kao: [Sochol] La génération sans pudeur apprend à se préserver en ligne et à s'auto-censurer. http://nyti.ms/cPWLZ8 (via @palpitt)
Min Liu, a 21-year-old liberal arts student at the New School in New York City, got a Facebook account at 17 and chronicled her college life in detail, from rooftop drinks with friends to dancing at a downtown club. Recently, though, she has had second thoughts.
How to Get the Social-Media Generation Behind Your Cause - Advertising Age - Digital
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=144686
"Once social activism meant protest marches, civil obedience and sit-ins. But for today's 20-somethings ... supporting or denouncing a cause is as simple as hitting the "like" button on Facebook or posting a hashtag to Twitter. And that's often where it ends.... But that can also be where it begins...."
How to Get the Social-Media Generation Behind Your Cause http://adage.com/digital/article.php?article_id=144686&qwr=FullSite
Adults born between 1982 and 1992 came of age during a decade that promised an "embarrassment of riches," said Eliza Esquivel, TBWA's planning director and author of the study. "They were told that the future was theirs to win, and they've been very empowered, very educated, and as a result this is a very optimistic group." At the same time, they are a group that witnessed spectacular failures of institutions and corporations, having witnessed the scandal at Enron and now being bombarded with news of misdoings by Goldman Sachs and BP. Thus along with their optimism, this is a group equally prone to cynicism about corporate efforts.