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Taken Out of Context
American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics
by danah michele boydB.A. (Brown University) 2001M.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2002A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of therequirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy inInformation Management and Systemsand the Designated EmphasisinNew Mediain theGraduate Divisionof theUniversity of California, Berkeley Committee in charge:Professor AnnaLee Saxenian, ChairDoctor Mizuko ItoProfessor Cori HaydenProfessor Jenna BurrellFall 2008
 
 
Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics
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Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publicsby danah michele boydDoctor of Philosophy in Information Management and Systemswith a Designated Emphasis in New MediaUniversity of California, Berkeley Professor AnnaLee Saxenian, ChairAs social network sites like MySpace and Facebook emerged, Americanteenagers began adopting them as spaces to mark identity and socialize with peers.Teens leveraged these sites for a wide array of everyday social practices—gossiping,flirting, joking around, sharing information, and simply hanging out. While socialnetwork sites were predominantly used by teens as a peer-based social outlet, theunchartered nature of these sites generated fear among adults. This dissertationdocuments my 2.5-year ethnographic study of American teens’ engagement withsocial network sites and the ways in which their participation supported andcomplicated three practices—
self-presentation, peer sociality,
and
negotiating adult society.
 My analysis centers on how social network sites can be understood as
networked  publics
which are simultaneously (1) the space constructed through networked
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