Teens: Page: 2

This is page 2 of the Teens posts on Writers Write.


  • Non-Profit Group Uses Social Networks to Help Teens Fight Depression (2008-09-13): Jamie Tworkowski talks in a video clip to an audience in Jacksonville, Fl about the the non profit myspace community, To Write Love On Her Arms.

  • Lauren Conrad Signs Book Deal Wth HarperCollins (2008-09-11): Lauren Conrad, star of the hit reality tv show The Hills, has signed a three book deal with HarperCollins to write a young adult fiction series called L.

  • Mom and Dad Still May Want to Be Your Facebook Friend (2008-03-09): Some journalists are apparently finding it hard to interview Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

  • Study Finds Young Adults Not Following the News (2007-07-16): The New York Times reports that a new study has found that today's teens and young adults are not keeping up with the news.

  • Gaia Online: An Escape For Teens (2007-04-23): GigaOm has an article about Gaia Online, a virtual world and online hangout inhabited by teens.

  • Lost MySpace Passwords Not a Concern For Some Teens (2007-01-11): Danah Boyd has an interesting post about how teenagers treat their social networking profiles and passwords.

  • Teens Seek Social Networks With Less Rules (2007-01-02): Are teens leaving MySpace for new social networks with less rules? The New York Times seems to think so.

  • Some Teens Bored of MySpace (2006-10-29): Losing the teen crowd would be very bad news for MySpace.

  • Grownups Flock to Social Networks (2006-10-06): Teenagers now share social networking hubs with people in their 30s, 40s and 50s according to a new report from comScore.

  • Wal-Mart Shutters Lame Social Network (2006-10-04): Do you hear the wails of thousands of angry teens? No.

  • 12-Year-Old Runs Popular Sports Blog (2006-09-03): An The Ann Arbor News article says a 12-year-old named Nick Barnowski has one of the most popular sports blogs on AOL.

  • Study: 22% of College Students Blog (2006-08-05): iMedia Connection reports that a recent polling of 350 college students by Experience, Inc.

  • College Orientations Now Include Social Network Warnings (2006-08-04): USA Today has an interesting article about how college orientations this fall include warnings about the dangers of blogs and social networks.

  • Mom on MySpace Embarrasses Teen (2006-08-04): Youth Radio has recorded a conversation between Youth Radio's Bly Lauritano-Werner and her mother.

  • Wal-Mart Tempts Teens With The Hub (2006-07-18): Wal-Mart has launched The Hub (School Your Way), which is a contest and social network type of site.

  • MySpace Purges 200,000 Profiles (2006-03-31): Financial Times reports that MySpace has terminated 200,000 "objectionable" profiles.

  • School Fails to Block Students From Blogs, MySpace (2006-03-27): The Associated Press reports that students almost immediately hacked their way back to blogs and MySpace after they were blocked by technicians working for the Fort Wayne Community Schools.

  • College Admissions Officers Read Blogs and MySpace (2006-03-26): Teens here is another good reason to be careful what you blog about and what kinds of photographs and comments you make in MySpace or similar social networks.

  • Anna Quindlen and the Sophisticated Teenager (2006-03-21): Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and novelist Anna Quindlen talks to the Fort Worth Star Telegram about Women's History Month and how things have changed for women since she was the same age as her daughter is now.

  • MySpace Replacing Email for Some Teens and Tweens (2006-03-03): We mentioned earlier that most MySpace users aren't going there to read blogs.

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