In the first stage, teens are mostly text-messaging or
instant-messaging friends and haunting sites such as Facebook — what the
researchers call a "lightweight means" of maintaining friendships. "Messing
around" begins when teens take an interest in media itself: composing music,
editing photos or shooting video, driven more by interests than a desire to be
with friends.
"Geeking out" involves using new media in an "intense,
autonomous and interest-driven way" that often leaves friends in the dust as
teens seek out experts for help.
Is this what libraries will look like in ten years' time?
three stages of consumption and creation, informally dubbed "hanging out," "messing around" and "geeking out."