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It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd
4.0
I think this book has a lot of truth to it, and a lot of really solid research. I'm impressed by the amount of teen research participation the author was able to get, and I think that makes the book well-rounded.
As someone who grew up in the digital age, I don't think I really "needed" this book because I lived the experience of a teen interacting with social media and digital space. I think anyone who is unsure of whether social media is "good or bad" should read this, and anyone who has questions about the way social media impacts teens would get good information out of this book.
I will add that the formatting of this book made it hard for me to focus. The pages have so much text in massive blocks that honestly made it quite challenging for me to pay attention to what i was reading. But that's a personal problem lol.
As someone who grew up in the digital age, I don't think I really "needed" this book because I lived the experience of a teen interacting with social media and digital space. I think anyone who is unsure of whether social media is "good or bad" should read this, and anyone who has questions about the way social media impacts teens would get good information out of this book.
I will add that the formatting of this book made it hard for me to focus. The pages have so much text in massive blocks that honestly made it quite challenging for me to pay attention to what i was reading. But that's a personal problem lol.