FRONTLINE "Growing Up Online" @ pbs.org/frontline

FRONTLINE examines a generation of children "Growing Up Online" coming January 22, 2008 http://www.pbs.org/frontline/kidsonline/

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.

Watch "Growing Up Online," coming January 22, 2008 at 9 pm on PBS (check local listings) and online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

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[MusicPlaylistEmail]

i would like to think that people have gotten less stupid on the internet but thats just me. ive been here for years, even now into adulthood. there have been many positive things i have gotten from interacting with others online as well as bad. but more good than bad i'd like to think, and i'd also like to think i've become savvy with who i communicate. stay away from the pervs, kids. be a friend to everyone else :)

[OniLunchbox]

"*buy thr DVD"

-No thanks

[qweqqweqbt]

wow! a bunch of poor underage single parent kids are learning to be idiots online when they have almost no parental supervision!!

wow, that's amazing! I never would have thought that.

let's all let the government spy on us online now! that's the answer right? We shouldn't actually fight federal education and planned parenthood which profits, perpetuates, and promotes us raising retarded, dumb-ass, idiot kids right?

[Joshlama]

I agree and dissagree. (i've just watched it a few days ago.) I thought that it gave a very look on what is going on, on the web. As a student myself (in australia, doing final years) this has helped me.

The other thing that the doco says is what a lot of the media is saying (about petifiles a huge issue) is very small compared to a real issue of cyberbulling.

Sorry, I had to give my two cents. and yes, I can't spell.

[tranceotaku]

I don't. I have pity for those that grow up in abusive households or have drug addicted parents. This is nothing to pity at all.

[gbukata]

wow, i look like a tool on this video. it seems like i NEVER read a book, which isnt actually true. hahah

[iFishys]

WILL NOT SHARE O;<

[FantasyFanaticxxx]

what is it????

[kokilover91]

is bad

[shemlie24]

greg is hot in this video!!!!!!!!!!