8 Insights to Demystify Teen Usage of Social Media

Are you baffled by how teenagers use social media? Are you having trouble following which tools teens are using and why they keep moving from one platform to the next? if so, you’re not alone. Danah Boyd, author of the upcoming book, It’s Complicated – the social lives of networked teens, delivered a compelling presentation at this year’s SXSW on the why’s and what’s of teen usage of social media. From Facebook to Snapchat to Secret, she painted a clear picture of how teens use these social media tools, what they’re looking to get out of them, and how to understand their sometimes confusing behavior. Here are 8 insights about teen behavior in social media that I picked up from Danah’s talk.

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