danah boyd is one of my favorite writers on the intersection of media, culture, and youth. She recently posted a fascinating piece on how for teens, the same Facebook status update is meant to communicate very different things to different parts of the audience: Social steganography is one privacy tactic teens take when engaging in… Continue reading »
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“The Myth of Mean Girls”
This mythical wave of girls’ violence and meanness is, in the end, contradicted by reams of evidence from almost every available and reliable source. Yet news media and myriad experts, seemingly eager to sensationalize every “crisis” among young people, have aroused unwarranted worry in the public and policy arenas. The unfortunate result is more punitive… Continue reading »