Princeton Montgomery

Slide 1:Kathryn Montgomery School of Communication American University

Slide 2:Generation Digital: Politics, Commerce, and Childhood in the Age of the Internet MIT Press, 2007

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Slide 9: Defining Users “Not just adopting the Internet, but internalizing it.”

Slide 10: Uniquely tailored to key developmental needs • Identity exploration • Self-expression • Relationship with peers • Autonomy

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Slide 13:Social Networks

Slide 14: Social Network Usage • 4 in 10 youth ages 8-21 - visited a social networking si