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American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics

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ID5765773
AuthorsDrick Boyd (0000-0002-7722-7778, Microsoft Research (United Kingdom), corresponding author), Danah Boyd
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypePREPRINT
PublisherCenter for Open Science (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31219/osf.io/edq6c
OpenAlexW1673918140
LanguageEN
Citations received132
References cited44

As social network sites like MySpace and Facebook emerged, American teenagers began adopting them as spaces to mark identity and socialize with peers. Teens leveraged these sites for a wide array of everyday social practices-gossiping, flirting, joking around, sharing information, and simply hanging out. While social network sites were predominantly used by teens as a peer-based social outlet, the unchartered nature of these sites generated fear among adults. This dissertation documents my 2.5-year ethnographic study of American teens' engagement with social network sites and the ways in which their participation supported and complicated three practices-self-presentation, peer sociality, and negotiating adult society

Belongingness · Flirting · Social network (sociolinguistics · Sociality · Child Development and Digital Technology · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Social Media and Politics

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