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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "Back to Methuselah" (1921), part 1, act 1
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McCain, John (2004, September). In Search of Courage: Finding the Courage Within You. FastCompany, 51-56.
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May 05, 2005
Teens say that private means private
Via The Blog Herald, TMC net posted the following story:
Forget instant messaging and chat rooms, the coolest thing on the Internet are Web logs, or blogs. According to new research by AOL RED's service for teens, a surprising eighty four percent of teens said they would not be willing to share their blog with just anyone on the open web.
I haven't found the original source of the information so I'm a bit reluctant to add it to my Reference Manager. But it is interesting. If anyone runs across the original please send me the citation.
David Brake posted a great observation about this information titled Teens and privacy, for some reason trackback - an imperfect technology at best - didn't take so here is the post:
Lois Ann Scheidt - a fellow blog researcher - draws attention to recent AOL research which says, "a surprising eighty four percent of teens said they would not be willing to share their blog with just anyone on the open web". I suspect that there is a big difference between what teens say if asked and what many of them do. Certainly there is plenty of evidence of very open blogging of sensitive information online even when privacy tools are available (eg using Livejournal). Our recent report on children and Internet use highlights some differences between what kids do, what they say they do and what they tell their parents they do.
If you haven't checked out David's blog I highly recommend it.
Posted by prolurkr at May 5, 2005 08:30 AM
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