“The ability to understand how context, audience, and identity intersect is one of the central challenges people face in learning how to navigate social media” (Boyd 30).
“But more often than not, teens talked about wanting to have a space where they weren’t constantly scruitinized by adults and peers. By becoming anonymous and being an invisible part of a crowd, these teens knew that they weren’t building a reputation within the site”(Boyd 43).
“Teens are struggling to make sense of who they are and how they fit into society in an environment in which contexts are networked and collapsed, audiences are invisible, and anything they say or do can be easily taken out of context” (Boyd 53).
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