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Quote from Introduction, "While teenage conflict is nothing new, today's gossip, jokes, and arguments often play out through social media like Formspring, Twitter, and Facebook. Although adults often refer to these practices with the language of "bullying," teens are more likely to refer to the resultant skirmishes and their digital traces as "drama."

This essay writed by Danah Boyd at the University of California-Berkeley talks about the role of the internet and social sites in teens life, identity, friendships,etc.

This article by Danah Boyd, of whom we've seen before, talks about how teens are switching over from Myspace to Facebook and how a persons socio-economic class shows which site they are more likely to use.

We all know that teen bullying - both online and offline - has devastating consequences.