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  • 08 Oct 09
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    Joel Neff

    Really fascinating article about teens and their Twitter practices.

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  • 01 Jul 09
    cagger
    Christian Agger

    teen practices

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  • 29 May 09
    • @mauraweb: when they're searching for info, how do they know what info to trust? esp. w/internet searches



      Media literacy amongst teens is extremely varied, but the short answer is that most don't know what to trust. They know that they are not supposed to trust Wikipedia because it's editable (and they automatically recall Wikipedia when you ask about trustworthy information.. that's so actively hammered down their throat, it's painful). One girl told me that she trusts websites that "look" like they are reputable. When I asked her about this, she told me that she could "just tell" when something was a good source. And besides, it came from Google. Le sigh.

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    rsoldring
    RIck Stiles-Oldring

    Q&A about teens and technology

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  • chingyuhui
    Yu-Hui Ching

    As more of their parents and teachers are getting on Facebook (or MySpace), they see little reason to email with anyone. Thus, email is increasingly n

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  • 17 May 09
    turkchgo
    Adam Turetzky

    @paullowe: where do they get their news from and what kind of news do they want to get

    Teens primarily get their news from word-of-mouth, not directly from any particular source. School current events and TV time are the other dominant place I hear about. Otherwise, it's generally osmosis. They walk through the living room when their parents are watching the news. Or they pass by a news article when they get online. But they are not directly and intentionally consuming much news at all.

    @thornet: ask 'em how they judge whether a news outlet is credible.teens r good @ spotting fakes & phonies;wonder what their news criteria r

    They don't watch a lot of news and they have no media literacy training and they're not even thinking about credibility of news.

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    • They know that they are not supposed to trust Wikipedia because it's editable (and they automatically recall Wikipedia when you ask about trustworthy information.. that's so actively hammered down their throat, it's painful).
    • I was surprised to find that email is deader than ever among teens.
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    paul lowe

    answers to questions from Twitter on teen practices

    Before I headed to Atlanta to do fieldwork, I asked folks who follow me on Twitter (@zephoria) what questions I should ask teens. Many of the questions that I received were more general questions about teens, rather than questions for teens. Still, I'm going to take a stab at very briefly answering some of the questions that I received based on what I know and what I learned. I am not answering the larger questions that would require pages and pages and my apologies if my short answers are not sufficient but I wanted to at least respond. Thank you all who contributed questions and my apologies if I didn't answer yours.

    To all who asked questions about Twitter: average teens don't use Twitter. They may in the future, but they do not now. Those who do are early adopters and not representative of any mainstream teen practice. Because of Oprah and celebs, some teens are starting to hear about it, but they don't understand it and they aren't using it.

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  • sbrady
    Sean Brady

    Kids,communication, the net & social networks. Some interesting questions.

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  • ggrosseck
    Gabriela Grosseck

    intrebari si raspunsuri despre cum folosesc tinerii social media, de ce refuza instrumente pe care le folosesc parintii si ce implicatii au avantajele economice asupra alegerii unui tol sau altul

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  • 16 May 09