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The Power of Youth: How Invisible Children Orchestrated Kony 2012

3/14/12 1:11pm by zephoria
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To many people unfamiliar with Invisible Children, the Kony 2012 campaign looked like a brilliant example of "viral" media spread. But how did it work?  Read more >

Stop the Cycle of Bullying: Dharun Ravi Webcam Trial Begins

2/24/12 2:23pm by zephoria
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On 22 September 2010, the wallet of Tyler Clementi -- a gay freshman at Rutgers University -- was found on the George Washington Bridge; his body was found in the Hudson River the following week. His roommate, Dharun Ravi, was charged with 15 criminal counts, including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, and tampering with witnesses and evidence tampering. Ravi pleaded not guilty. Ravi's trial officially begins this week, but in the court of public opinion, he has already been convicted. This is a terrible irony, since the case itself is about bullying.  Read more >

Are Librarians Encouraging Libraries to Abide by COPPA?

2/24/12 12:17pm by zephoria
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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was created to prevent corporations from collecting data about children without parental permission. This law explicitly does not apply to public institutions, non-profits, and government agencies. Yet, many public institutions not only choose not to collect data about children; they forbid children from accessing information without parental permission. Much to my surprise, this includes many public libraries.  Read more >

How Parents Normalized Teen Password Sharing

1/23/12 4:01pm by zephoria
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In 2005, I started asking teenagers about their password habits. My original set of questions focused on teens' attitudes about giving their password to their parents, but I quickly became enamored with teens' stories of sharing passwords with friends and significant others. So I was ecstatic when Pew Internet & American Life Project decided to survey teens about their password sharing habits. Pew found that one third of online 12-17 year olds share their password with a friend or significant other and that almost half of those 14-17 do. I love when data gets reinforced.  Read more >

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danah boyd
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About Me: 

danah boyd is a social scientist at Microsoft Research and a research associate at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. In her research, she examines everyday practices involving social media, with specific attention to youth participation. Lately, she has been focused on issues related to privacy, publicity, and visibility. She recently co-authored Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media. She is currently co-directing the Youth and Media Policy Working Group, funded by the MacArthur Foundation. She blogs at http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ and tweets at @zephoria.

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Microsoft Research, Yahoo!, Google, Tribe.net, Intel, Macromedia

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Harvard, Berkeley, USC, MIT, Brown

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