The kids are online : confronting the myths and realities of young digital life
Ysabel Gerrard
Bok · Engelsk · 2025
| Omfang | xviii, 289 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction : social media in young lives -- From moral and media panics to platform paradoxes -- Moderating the mental health crisis -- Amuse me or abuse me on anonymous apps -- Personal and social safety in anonymous communication -- At-home photoshopping and the new war on body image -- Platform paradoxes : recommendations and reflections -- Appendix A. interview participant demographic information (British academy small grant research) -- Appendix B. workshop and interview participant information (strategic research support fund pilot study) -- Appendix C. research methods and ethical considerations underpinning chapters 3 and 4-- Appendix D. research methods and ethical considerations underpinning chapters 3 and 4.. - "A nuanced, intimate picture of how young people live with and on social media. Today's young people find themselves at the center of widespread debates about their online safety, and they are often told that social media platforms affect their mental health and body image by exposing them to cyberbullying and distressing images. Foregrounding their voices and experiences, The Kids Are Online explores how young people navigate their identities across platforms and how they make and break the rules set by social media companies. Ysabel Gerrard interviewed more than a hundred young people to unpack the myths and realities of their networked lives. Instead of framing social media use as good or bad, she identifies moments when young people encounter social media in paradoxical ways-good and bad at the same time-and uses the concepts of stigma, secrecy, safety, and social comparison to help us make sense of young people's experiences. The Kids Are Online proposes a series of recommendations for parents, schools, technology companies, and policymakers to imagine how we might build safer social media systems"--
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| ISBN | 9780520388079. - 9780520416093
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