The Young and the Digital
The Young and the Digital
Many have been researching the various problematic assumptions and ideas of youth and the social media, but few have actually been able to prove that youth and technology could be helpful or harmful. S. Craig Watkins and Danah Boyd have accomplished the task of studying youth and social media, and have come to the conclusion that social media has given youth a different perspective on life. In The Young and the Digital article, we see many believe that technology has been shaping our kids. The question remains, whether the social media such as MySpace and Facebook are affecting the way teens ' and young people view racial classes? MySpace than was the big talk of social networks and now MySpace is not even in the picture anymore; Facebook and its privacy issues has taken the spot of being the big talk of social networks. Watkins has studied the gap between Facebook and MySpace for quite some time, and he found that Danah Boyd 's studies and research compare to his studies. Boyd 's informative essay about the digital divide in the social networks apprises many about what the digital world is all about. Her research that she has been studying for years has shown her that Facebook and MySpace are the most popular networking sites there are. She states that there is a big digital gap between the two sites. "Facebook kids come from families who emphasize education and going to college," a blogger writes. Boyd on the same line mentions that Facebook is normally where white middle class kids and student’s network, and it has been said that they are predominantly "preps" and "jocks". On the other hand, MySpace is on the other side of the culture divide in which mostly African Americans and Latino 's socialize. From her research, she has seen that MySpace users are from families who are of the working class. They are more worried about getting a job at
Many have been researching the various problematic assumptions and ideas of youth and the social media, but few have actually been able to prove that youth and technology could be helpful or harmful. S. Craig Watkins and Danah Boyd have accomplished the task of studying youth and social media, and have come to the conclusion that social media has given youth a different perspective on life. In The Young and the Digital article, we see many believe that technology has been shaping our kids. The question remains, whether the social media such as MySpace and Facebook are affecting the way teens ' and young people view racial classes? MySpace than was the big talk of social networks and now MySpace is not even in the picture anymore; Facebook and its privacy issues has taken the spot of being the big talk of social networks. Watkins has studied the gap between Facebook and MySpace for quite some time, and he found that Danah Boyd 's studies and research compare to his studies. Boyd 's informative essay about the digital divide in the social networks apprises many about what the digital world is all about. Her research that she has been studying for years has shown her that Facebook and MySpace are the most popular networking sites there are. She states that there is a big digital gap between the two sites. "Facebook kids come from families who emphasize education and going to college," a blogger writes. Boyd on the same line mentions that Facebook is normally where white middle class kids and student’s network, and it has been said that they are predominantly "preps" and "jocks". On the other hand, MySpace is on the other side of the culture divide in which mostly African Americans and Latino 's socialize. From her research, she has seen that MySpace users are from families who are of the working class. They are more worried about getting a job at
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