The Reindeer Company

Danah Boyd’s dissertation on social networking and the American teen:

As teenagers learned to navigate social network sites, they developed potent strategies for managing the complexities of and social awkwardness incurred by these sites. Their strategies reveal how new forms of social media are incorporated into everyday life, complicating some practices and reinforcing others. New technologies reshape public life, but teens’ engagement also reconfigures the technology itself.

Definitely worth a read.

(via Waxy Links)