Abstract
Often, young people do not have a voice in the public debate on internet safety and online social networking, but as this chapter will demonstrate that does not mean they do not have an opinion. Based on responses from 2400 Danish adolescents to an open-ended questionnaire, the authors discuss their accounts of good and bad experiences with social network sites. Furthermore, they analyse how youth (aged 12 to 18) position themselves as users of social network sites both in relation to very concrete and local experiences from their everyday life, and in relation to public media discourses. They discuss how they portray themselves as 'responsible young people' by distancing themselves from the public or "grown up" discourses represented by e.g. their parents or the news media.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | IT Policy and Ethics : Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Volume | 2-3 |
| Publisher | IGI global |
| Publication date | 28 Feb 2013 |
| Pages | 1145-1168 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1466629193, 9781466629196 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781466629202 |
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| Publication status | Published - 28 Feb 2013 |