Monday, January 21, 2008

FRONTLINE: coming soon: growing up online | PBS

Looks like must-see TV to me -- Tues 1/22 9:00 P.M. Eastern

MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day, socializing with friends and strangers alike, "trying on" identities, and building a virtual profile of themselves--one that many kids insist is a more honest depiction of who they really are than the person they portray at home or in school.

In "Growing Up Online," FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. From cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame," to the specter of online sexual predators, FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin investigates the risks, realities and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web.

FRONTLINE: coming soon: growing up online PBS

2 comments:

mediasavvy101 said...

I had some major issues with the press release and trailer for this Frontline episode. I talk about it at my blog: http://www.understandmedia.com/blog/?p=222

One of my main issues is that they don’t show very many minorities in the commercial. The minorities they do show are “trouble makers”.

pbokelly said...

Thanks for the timely reality check