The Social Media Addicted Mind
Image courtesy of Adobe Stock The Positive Aspects of Social Media for Youth In the slideshow presentation , which features excerpts from her book, It's Complicated , Dana Boyd discusses how social media has replaced shopping malls, Drive-Ins, and land telephone lines as outlets where youth could express themselves and have some independence. In general, the aforementioned channels were unsupervised even if there was a pact of trust established between parents and kids. I know from anecdote and experience that some conversations and activities that occurred between teenagers in these venues would not have been approved by parents. I'm sure that was true in 2010 when Boyd published her slideshow, and it's still true today. The Negative Aspects of Social Media for Youth In her excerpts, Boyd largely discusses the socializing benefits of social media, which as my memory and experience recall, were its original purpose. As with the kids, I used Facebook to stay in touch wit