“The importance of friends in social and moral development is well documented.17 But the fears that surround teens’ use of social media overlook this fundamental desire for social connection.” — Danah Boyd Copy Share Image
“Teens are desperate to have access to and make sense of public life; understanding the technologies that enable publics is just par for the… — Danah Boyd Copy Share Image
What happens online is you are constantly dealing with invisible audiences. — danah boyd Copy Share Image
Privacy is not a static construct. It is not an inherent property of any particular information or setting. It is a process by which… — danah boyd Copy Share Image
Incantations for Muggles: The Role of Ubiquitous Web 2.0 Technologies in Everyday Life — danah boyd Copy Share Image
“Just because teens can and do manipulate social media to attract attention and increase visibility does not mean that they are equally experienced at doing so or that they automatically have the skills to navigate what unfolds. It simply means that teens are generally more comfortable with—and tend to be less skeptical of—social media than adults. They don’t try to… — Danah Boyd Copy Share
There's nothing native about young people's engagement with technology, — danah boyd Copy Share Image
The things that make us safest from others make us least from ourselves. — danah boyd Copy Share Image
“Teen "addiction" to social media is a new extension of typical human engagement. Their use of social media as their primary site of sociality… — Danah Boyd Copy Share Image
Business culture operates differently in different cities around the world. But I don't think it's possible to design one system that incorporates all social… — danah boyd Copy Share Image
Most teens aren’t addicted to social media; if anything, they’re addicted to each other. — danah boyd Copy Share Image
Give me one other part of history where everybody shows up to the same social space. Fragmentation is a more natural state of being. — danah boyd Copy Share Image
LinkedIn is very good for browsing relationships and hooking into your contacts' networks. It re-connected me with high-level execs I hadn't talked to for… — danah boyd Copy Share Image
