Comments on: Online Privacy: American Youth Get It (At Least In MySpace) http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/01/08/online-privacy-american-youth-get-it-at-least-in-myspace/ Where student affairs and technology meet Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Guidry http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/01/08/online-privacy-american-youth-get-it-at-least-in-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Kevin Guidry Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:13:11 +0000 http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/01/08/online-privacy-american-youth-get-it-at-least-in-myspace/#comment-90 Thanks for stopping by Larry! I look forward to your continuing research and book. As a college administrator, however, I wonder (a) What can or should we do for those students whose parents are/were unaware of these issues (a question significantly complicated by the fact that our students are young, independent adults)? and (b) Is there a generation growing up now who are experiencing these challenges but not many of the solutions, a kind of generation growing up in the gap between the growth of a phenomenon and effective response to that phenomenon? Thanks for stopping by Larry! I look forward to your continuing research and book.

As a college administrator, however, I wonder (a) What can or should we do for those students whose parents are/were unaware of these issues (a question significantly complicated by the fact that our students are young, independent adults)? and (b) Is there a generation growing up now who are experiencing these challenges but not many of the solutions, a kind of generation growing up in the gap between the growth of a phenomenon and effective response to that phenomenon?

]]> By: Larry Rosen http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/01/08/online-privacy-american-youth-get-it-at-least-in-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Larry Rosen Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:09:30 +0000 http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/01/08/online-privacy-american-youth-get-it-at-least-in-myspace/#comment-89 Thank you for your clear and supportive assessment of my research. I have just completed a new study looking at the impact of parenting style on MySpace usage, parent-child intimacy, parental boundaries and limits and other psychological, attitudinal and behavioral variables. Although the data have only been partially analyzed, it is clear that parenting style has a major impact on each and every variable. I hope to have a summary up on my website in a week or two. I also have a book coming out later this year or early 2008 for parents on these media-based issues which will include chapters on identity formation, sexuality, cyberbullying, online addiction, family systems, friending, and blogging. Each chapter will focus on data from my research, solid psychological theory put in plain English and resources and advice for parents to make their adolescent's online experiences positive. This book will not slam online teens but instead takes the approach that kids are online and you can't get them offline so it is up to parents to make sure that they are being responsible in their virtual worlds. Thanks again for spotlighting my work and yes, I do believe that in spite of the media depictions (e.g., Dateline's To Catch a Predator), the kids are fine. They are not being solicited sexually and when they are, they are handling it like pros. The same is true for when they view pornography, get harassed online and have other potentially troubling online experiences. If anyone would like to talk more about my work, my book or any aspect of kids living a virtual lifestyle, feel free to email me at lrosen@csudh.edu or visit my website at www.csudh.edu/psych/lrosen.htm Thank you for your clear and supportive assessment of my research. I have just completed a new study looking at the impact of parenting style on MySpace usage, parent-child intimacy, parental boundaries and limits and other psychological, attitudinal and behavioral variables. Although the data have only been partially analyzed, it is clear that parenting style has a major impact on each and every variable. I hope to have a summary up on my website in a week or two. I also have a book coming out later this year or early 2008 for parents on these media-based issues which will include chapters on identity formation, sexuality, cyberbullying, online addiction, family systems, friending, and blogging. Each chapter will focus on data from my research, solid psychological theory put in plain English and resources and advice for parents to make their adolescent’s online experiences positive. This book will not slam online teens but instead takes the approach that kids are online and you can’t get them offline so it is up to parents to make sure that they are being responsible in their virtual worlds.

Thanks again for spotlighting my work and yes, I do believe that in spite of the media depictions (e.g., Dateline’s To Catch a Predator), the kids are fine. They are not being solicited sexually and when they are, they are handling it like pros. The same is true for when they view pornography, get harassed online and have other potentially troubling online experiences.

If anyone would like to talk more about my work, my book or any aspect of kids living a virtual lifestyle, feel free to email me at lrosen@csudh.edu or visit my website at http://www.csudh.edu/psych/lrosen.htm

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