My name is danah boyd and I'm a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visting Researcher at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I spend 1/3 of my time in Cambridge, MA, 1/3 in New York, NY, and 1/3 in the air. Buzzwords in my world include: public/private, identity, context, youth culture, social network sites, social media. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

Relevant links:

Archive

Pew on teen social media practices (with interesting bits on class)

All I need is a pair of pants.

do NOT upgrade to Leopard (why I’m offline)

adults’ views on privacy (new PEW report)

valuing inefficiencies and unreliability

MacArthur Series on Digital Media and Learning (it’s live!)

Facebook’s “opt-out” precedent

giving back

hiking in LA (and The Golden Compass)

Overprotective parenting and bullying: Who is to blame for the suicide of Megan Meier?