[liberationtech] blatant groveling: my book "It's Complicated"

[danah boyd]

The short answer is: it depends.  Certain chapters will be more or less relevant. For example, the section on race and inequality is very American-centric but the discussion of digital natives and addiction is not. The issues of bullying and privacy are somewhere in-between. Much to my surprise, one of the first requests for doing a translation is Mandarin and my hunch was that China is the place where this is least relevant. But maybe not?



On Jan 29, 2014, at 5:44 AM, Yishay Mor wrote:

> Hey danah - congratulations! Looks like a major achievement and an important read. FWIW, I tweeted it. Quick question: how relevant do you think this book would be for parents outside the US? 
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> cheers,
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> Yishay
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> On 28 January 2014 20:12, danah boyd <danah-tech at danah.org> wrote:
> Friends & Colleagues - 
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> In less than a month, my new book - "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" (see: http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/ ) - will be published.  This is the product of ten years worth of research into how social media has inflected American teen life.  I'm writing today in the hopes that you might consider pre-ordering a copy (or two <grin>).  This book (published by Yale University Press) is a cross trade/academic book. Pre-sales and first week sales significantly affect how a trade book is marketed and distributed. Even though this book is based on grounded data, I've written it to be publicly accessible in the hopes that parents, educators, journalists, and policy makers will read it and reconsider their attitude towards technology and teen practices.  The book covers everything from addiction, bullying, and online safety to privacy, inequality, and the digital natives debate. I suspect that the chapter on privacy might be of particular interest to the folks on this list. 
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> If you have the financial wherewithal to buy a copy, I'd be super grateful.  If you don't, I *totally* understand.  Either way, I'd be super super super appreciative if you could help me get the word out about the book. I'm really hoping that this book will alter the public dialogue about teen use of social media. 
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> You can pre-order it at:
> - Amazon (Hardcover, Kindle, Audiobook): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300166311/apophenia-20
> - Powell's: http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780300166316-0
> - Yale University Press: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300166316
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> Fingers crossed that y'all will find it useful and interesting.  
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> {{hug}}
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> danah
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My New Book: "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" 
Pre-Order it now!  http://bit.ly/dmbItsComplicated (pretty please)

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