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Internet Myths

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The marvelous Patricia Martin pointed me toeards this neat post from danah boyd, who is collecting internet myths. Here’s what she has so far:

“Myth #1: The digital is separate from the ?real? world.
Myth #2: Social media makes kids deceptive.
Myth #3: Social media is addictive.
Myth #4: Kids don?t care about privacy.
Myth #5: The Internet is a dangerous, dangerous place.
Myth #6: There?s nothing educational about social media.
Myth #7: Kids are digital natives.
Myth #8: The Internet is the great equalizer.”

Can you think of any other myths?

If you know of any media portayals that sustain any of these myths, can you share them with danah?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).