Social Networking Websites
6/22/2006 | 
Presentation | Amanda Lenhart
Presented to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's Dialogue on Social Networking Websites
Online social networking is both about connecting to others through publicily displayed networks and about creating self-expressive content. Teenagers are in a particular moment in their lives where both of these things are extremely important -- creating new friend groups and shifting primary personal relationships from parents to friends, as well as exploring and developing a personal identity. Much of the popularity of social networks with young people springs from how adeptly the websites meet these needs.
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