Journal # 6 - Working List of Articles on Youth and Social Networking

Greenhow, C. (2009). Social scholarship: Applying social networking technologies to research practices. Knowledge Quest, 37(4), 42-47. ~Peer Reviewed~

• At first glance - talks about how social networking sites can be used to promote scholarly research in education.  One way is by having links, and notes from the professor posted so that students can link to their page and use it as a springboard to answer their own questions or better develop questions brought to the professor's attention.  Cites examples of how this is already being used in libraries. 
• Key words found in the article: Web 2.0 - Social Networking - Social Bibliography Sites - CiteULike - Diigo - Research Building

Lamb, A. (2007). Intellectual Freedom for Youth: Social Technology and Social Networks. Knowledge Quest, 36(2), 38-45. Retrieved from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database

• At first glance - talks about school librarian's role in helping youth develop necessary skills when accessing social technology. Gives popular issues, lists the librarians role in those issues, and the first steps you can take to overcoming or battling those issues.
• Issues discussed:
• controversy about age appropriateness
• laws such as Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and  The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPRA)
• using social networks as a tool to collaborate and communicate in teaching and learning
• content sharing

 Lenhart, A., Purcell, K., Smith, A., & Zickuhr, K. (2010, February). Social media & mobile internet use among teens and young adults. Retrieved from the Pew Internet & American Life Project website: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Social-Media-and-Young-Adults.aspx (Not Peer Reviewed).

• Talks about social networking trends among teens and young adults
• shows a move from individual blogging towards using social networks such as Facebook and Twitter
• Looks at some of the activities teens and young adults participate in on social networks
• using multiple profiles
• current events and political updates
• online shopping
• health information

Rideout, V., Foehr, U., & Roberts, D. (2010, January). Generation M2: Media in the lives of 8- to 18-year-olds. Retrieved from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation website: http://www.kff.org/entmedia/upload/8010.pdf

• reports on technology trends and usage among youth 8 to 18
• study has been done over a period of years from 1999, 2004, and 2009.
• tv, computers, internet, social networks, cell phones, music, are some of the topics discussed
• surveys of 2,002 youth
• 702 seven day diary respondents