Title:
Growing up online
ISBN:
9780793694228
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
System requirements to access guide: Computer; Adobe Acrobat Reader; DVD-ROM drive.
Originally broadcast on Jan. 22, 2008 as a segment of the television program, Frontline.
Special feature: Discussion guide PDF.
Contents:
Living their lives essentially online -- A revolution in classrooms and social life -- Self-expression, trying on new identities -- The child predator fear -- Private worlds outside parents' reach -- Cyberbullying -- Updates.
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Added Uniform Title:
Frontline (Television program)
Summary:
MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day. They socialize with friends and strangers alike. Peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with. Investigates the risks, realities, and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN (16:9, ENHANCED) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL STEREO.
Language Note:
CLOSED-CAPTIONED.
