Tag Archives: teens

What is in your bag or what have you wore today?

Hanneke Mertens | 30 October 2010, 6:54 pm | tags: , , , ,

A very popular group on Flickr is the “What is in your bag group”, where 10722 photo’s are placed of bags and its content and around 19500 flickr- users are a member of this group. When you are a member of the group you can add your own picture and join discussions with topics that have titles such as: Does anyone not have a Moleskine or an Ipod, or Do I ask too much of bags?

The Social Paradox of Social Network Sites

Harro Heijboer | 30 September 2009, 5:51 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , ,

When I was young, although with 26 years of age I’m not old, so let’s say; when I was younger, most of the time when I wasn’t in school I was playing with my friends on the streets. Playing street football (soccer for our American friends), organizing all kind of crazy clubs, building tree houses in the woods behind my…

A Review of: Taken Out of Context

Jelle Kamsma | 14 September 2009, 1:08 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

She’s being called the rockstar of social network sites and has done some extensive research on the subject. The American academic Danah Boyd has now completed her PhD dissertation, “Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics”, in which she examines the phenomenon. In her dissertation she takes a closer look at how…