Growing up online [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Frontline co-production with Ark Media, LLC ; written by Rachel Dretzin ; produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio.
Narrator: Will Lyman. Originally broadcast on Jan. 22, 2008 as a segment of the television program, Frontline. Special feature: discussion guide in .PDF file.
Contents:
Living their lives essentially online -- A revolution in classrooms and social life -- Self-expression, trying on new identities -- The child predator fear -- Private worlds outside parents' reach -- Cyberbullying -- Updates.
Summary:
"MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day. They socialize with friends and strangers alike. Peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with. Investigates the risks, realities, and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web."--Container.
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