Growing up Online

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(watch a summary) of the video "Growing up Online" here. This video was a great summary of the full length special. This documentary deals with exactly what the title expresses which is growing up online. Children today are literally spending all of their time online these days. THis is very disturbing to me, and some of the examples expresses in this documentary were no different. Young women are glorifying eating dissorders, as well as posting provacative pictures of themselves. Their is an argument from the kids saying its a way to feel accepted and express themselves, but on the other hand the parents are concerned for predators.

After doing some furthor research into this i found that others found this just as important an issue as i did. (view here) "When they confronted him, the boy was mortified. As they talked about it, it became clear that the supposed anonymity and immediacy of the Internet had led him to say things he never would say in "real" life -- and didn't even mean. It was a game, an exercise, a way of trying on identities." A great example of what this documentary was based on. Again a great documentary, and if you are interested please feel free to (watch) it here thanks.