Teens and Social Media

Nothing new from me on this subject: I have a cold and the internet makes it worse. But Mark Glaser has compiled an excel­lent overview of all aspects of the subject:

So what’s new and why is this such a hot topic? There have been wide­spread adoption of broad­band con­nec­tions at home, school and work. The tech­no­logy is easier to use. Usage started with aca­demics, business, then moved to hob­by­ists and then the general public and now teens.

One important recog­ni­tion of the explo­sion of social media use among teens and children is that the MacArthur Foundation just made a huge announce­ment that it would commit $50 million over five years to “fund research and innov­ative projects focused on under­standing the impact of digital media on our youth and how they learn.”

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