All is complicated. Teenagers" life on social media

How did the communication of adolescents change with the advent of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? Do social networks affect the quality of life of boys and girls?
In this exciting book, an expert on youth culture and technology Dan Boyd exposes the most common myths about what the use of social networks leads to. In the center of her attention is the idea of ​​identity, privacy, security, threats and school persecution. Boyd concludes that society in many cases repels from itself young people, paternalism and protectionism on his part, attempts to control the interaction of adolescents on the Internet do not contribute to the formation of young people as informed, thinking and active citizens. Despite the atmosphere of fear, many adolescents behave with great dignity and find ways to participate in public life