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“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, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

“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 analyze how things are different because of technology; they simply try to relate to a public world in which technology is a given.”
― Danah Boyd, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens

“I have learned one thing from my research, it’s this: social media services like Facebook and Twitter are providing teens with new opportunities to participate in public life, and this, more than anything else, is what concerns many anxious adults.”
― Danah Boyd, It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens