Hey danah - congratulations! Looks like a major achievement and an important read. FWIW, I tweeted it. Quick question: how relevant do you think this book would be for parents outside the US?
cheers, Yishay ___________________________ http://www.yishaymor.org learning; design; technology; research On 28 January 2014 20:12, danah boyd <danah-t...@danah.org> wrote: > Friends & Colleagues - > > In less than a month, my new book - *"It's Complicated: The Social Lives > of Networked Teens" *(see: http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/ ) - will > be published. This is the product of ten years worth of research into how > social media has inflected American teen life. I'm writing today in the > hopes that you might consider pre-ordering a copy (or two <grin>). This > book (published by Yale University Press) is a cross trade/academic book. > Pre-sales and first week sales significantly affect how a trade book is > marketed and distributed. Even though this book is based on grounded data, > I've written it to be publicly accessible in the hopes that parents, > educators, journalists, and policy makers will read it and reconsider their > attitude towards technology and teen practices. The book covers everything > from addiction, bullying, and online safety to privacy, inequality, and the > digital natives debate. I suspect that the chapter on privacy might be of > particular interest to the folks on this list. > > If you have the financial wherewithal to buy a copy, I'd be super > grateful. If you don't, I *totally* understand. Either way, I'd be super > super super appreciative if you could help me get the word out about the > book. I'm really hoping that this book will alter the public dialogue about > teen use of social media. > > *You can pre-order it at:* > - Amazon (Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook): > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300166311/apophenia-20 > - Powell's: http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780300166316-0 > - Yale University Press: > http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300166316 > > Fingers crossed that y'all will find it useful and interesting. > > {{hug}} > > danah > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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