[Air-l] teens and myspace

[Radhika Gajjala]

not killjoy at all.

"My" handloom weaver kids dont live online either.

r

At 03:35 PM 2/28/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>Don't want to play the killjoy here, but aren't our answers related to
>[and dependent on]:
>
>- age [teen is broad]
>- technological proximity [demand] and design [offer]
>- gender [relatively self-explanatory]
>- size and nature of existing social networks [directly related to
>Andrea's point]
>- topic and nature of discussion [soap talk vs. sport talk vs. me talk]
>- class [oh, yes, kids form different classes use and think of the
>Internet, and other ICTs, in different ways]
>
>La differance?
>
>Cheers
>
>Wainer
>
>PS My bongo-bongo students seem pretty uncomfortable with online chats,
>but well into other electronic mediations [but hey, this is CH1 Britain]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
> > [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrea Kavanaugh
> > Sent: 28 February 2006 15:24
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] teens and myspace
> >
> >
> > I think kids are comfortable because they are generally more likely
> > to be writing to people they know from face-to-face relationships
> > than are adults.
> >
> > At 10:10 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
> > >I have a question for those of you working with youth culture,
> > >particularly but not just around MySpace.
> > >
> > >I have been interested recently by what I perceive as a gap between
> > >the ways in which most of us *use* the internet socially (ie, often
> > >without big issues about it) and the way we *think* about using the
> > >internet socially (ie, a poor substitute for more meaningful
> > >face-to-face interaction). Recently a number of adults have said to
> > >me that this gap between action and perception, which they
> > >acknowledge in themselves, is completely gone with teens, what with
> > >myspace and all.
> > >
> > >My question is whether youth really perceive their online
> > >communication to be completely non-problematic compared to
> > >face-to-face communication, or if even amongst teens there is a sense
> > >that it might be a little pathetic or embarrassing to use the
> > >internet socially (even amongst those who do). Is the stigma around
> > >online socializing really completely gone for youth? Of course,
> > >adults always perceive kids as way better and more comfortable with
> > >the net than they are, which makes me wonder if this sense that kids
> > >have no sense of stigma is adult perception vs youth reality.
> > >
> > >Thanks for your thoughts,
> > >Nancy
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