The Kids Are Online: Confronting the Myths and Realities of Young Digital Life
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AlbakiReads Editorial Young people’s social media lives beyond the usual binaries
Young people’s social media lives beyond the usual binaries
Drawing on conversations with more than a hundred teenagers, Ysabel Gerrard examines social media as a lived environment rather than a simple source of harm or benefit. The book centers young people’s own accounts of identity, safety, secrecy, stigma, and social comparison across platforms. It complicates familiar public debates about cyberbullying, body image, and mental health by attending to the contradictory ways apps can function in teens’ daily lives. Alongside this portrait of young digital life, Gerrard presents recommendations addressed to families, schools, technology companies, and policymakers for building safer social media systems.
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- Parents and family members seeking a teen-centered perspective on social media
- Educators and school communities discussing online safety
- Technology and policy professionals interested in youth digital experiences
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Teen social media useOnline identityDigital safetyStigma and secrecySocial comparison
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Book Overview A nuanced, intimate picture of how young people live with and on social media. Today's young people find themselves at the center of wide...
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 they navigate their identities across platforms and how they really feel about their young digital lives.
Ysabel Gerrard talked to more than a hundred teens to unpack the myths and realities of their social media use. Instead of framing today's big platforms as either good or bad, she identifies moments when young people encounter social apps in paradoxical ways--both good and bad at the same time. Using the concepts of stigma, secrecy, safety, and social comparison, she helps readers understand young people's experiences. The Kids Are Online proposes a series of recommendations for parents, families, schools, technology companies, and policymakers to imagine how we might build safer social media systems.
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 they navigate their identities across platforms and how they really feel about their young digital lives.
Ysabel Gerrard talked to more than a hundred teens to unpack the myths and realities of their social media use. Instead of framing today's big platforms as either good or bad, she identifies moments when young people encounter social apps in paradoxical ways--both good and bad at the same time. Using the concepts of stigma, secrecy, safety, and social comparison, she helps readers understand young people's experiences. The Kids Are Online proposes a series of recommendations for parents, families, schools, technology companies, and policymakers to imagine how we might build safer social media systems.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 312 | Language: English | Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR | ISBN: 0520416090
FormatPaperback
Pages312
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0520416090
EAN9780520416093
PublisherUNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Publication Date2025-03-11
Edition1
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Age GroupUncategorized
Weight0.8 Pounds
Length8.35 Inches
Width5.51 Inches
Height1.02 Inches
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