| Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
System requirements to access guide: Computer; Adobe Acrobat Reader; DVD-ROM drive. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Will Lyman. |
| Credits |
Camera, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, R.A. Fedde ; music, Frank Ferrucci. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on Jan. 22, 2008 as a segment of the television program, Frontline. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special feature: Discussion guide PDF. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Internet and teenagers.
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Teenagers -- Social networks.
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Self-perception in adolescence.
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| Genre/Form |
Television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Goodman, Rachel Dretzin.
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Maggio, John.
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Lyman, Will, 1948-
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Ark Media (Firm)
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PBS Home Video.
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| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0793694221 |
| Standard No. |
841887009232 |
| Music No. |
FRL62606 PBS Home Video |
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