MySpace & Facebook Phenomena: How Youth Engage (2 of 2), 200

Anthropologist of the online community Danah Boyd discusses ways young people use social network sites to connect with their friends and present themselves online.

Hosted by the Aspen Institute, The 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival will engage its participants in a variety of programs, tutorials, seminars and discussion events which together are guaranteed to charge the atmosphere with vibrant intellectual exchange. Think of it as a week-long summer university for the mind -- remarkable lectures...

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Opening Remarks: Privacy and Publicity | Interactive 2010 | SXSW

The SXSW Interactive Festival is very excited that danah boyd served as the Opening Speaker for the 2010 event. One of the world's foremost authorities on social networks, boyd works at Microsoft Research New England and also serves as a Fellow at the Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Boyd recently completed her PhD in the School of Information at the University of California-Berkeley.

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