6 tips to help teens navigate online friendships safely
6 tips to help teens navigate online friendships safely
- August 10, 2015
- Mimi Ito, anthropology and informatics professor and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning is featured in The Huffington Post Aug. 10, 2015
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From The Huffington Post:
According to researcher Mimi Ito and her team who write about youth practices in "Hanging
Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out," for young people the "underlying practices
of sociability, learning, play and self-expression" are the same as they've been for
hundreds of years, it's just that the playing field has changed. It's time for parents
to up their game. [Mimi Ito is a UCI anthropologist.]
For the full story, please visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diana-graber/6-tips-to-help-teens-navigate-online-friendships-safely_b_7965570.html.
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