A review by library_kb
It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

This book's examples definitely show it's age, and I would be really interested in seeing what current research with new social media platforms look like. However, the arguments underlying the examples I think is still very applicable. I know that part of the reason I enjoyed this book is because it aligns with my perspective on social media as a helpful and positive part of life, even with some negative aspects of them. I would recommend this to adults trying to understand why teens gravitate toward social media (and maybe are forced toward online spaces) as well as why media portrayals of the dangers of teens on their phones causing the failure of society is overblown. As an educator, I particularly liked the couple of pages that talked about the way that Wikipedia can be highly useful rather vilified in the education realm. I would recommend, even though as far as technology nonfiction goes it is an old book!