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Danah Boyd

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Quotes by Danah Boyd

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A central challenge in addressing the sexual victimization of children is that the public is not comfortable facing the harrowing reality that strangers are unlikely perpetrators. Most acts of sexual violence against children occur in their own homes by people that those children trust.27.
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A great deal of the fear and anxiety that surrounds young people’s use of social media stems from misunderstanding or dashed hopes.14 More often than not, what emerges out of people’s confusion takes the form of utopian and dystopian rhetoric.
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In a world where information is easily available, strong personal networks and access to helpful people often matter more than access to the information itself.30.
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Listening to teens talk about social media addiction reveals an interest not in features of their computers, smartphones, or even particular social media sites but in each other.
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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 norms for networking. Human beings are just too diverse.
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Social networks are like grease – in some cases, gasoline – for our personal business networking machines. If you aren’t plugged in, you will be out-done by better-connected, hyper-networked colleagues and competitors.
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I generally think students have these pages to express themselves and interests, but not necessarily what their actual reality is... they might talk about drinking a lot, but don't actually drink. Youth are trying on different faces to see how others react to them.
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If you have a 50-year-old man connecting to a bunch of 15-year-old girls, that's something you can look at.
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If you do it in peer-level approach, rather than a condescending control approach, you'll have much more success.
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You don't want to create controlling situations, because what these kids are trying to do is create a space outside of parental control.
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