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.

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Archive

Race and Social Network Sites: Putting Facebook’s Data in Context

“Do you See What I See?: Visibility of Practices through Social Media”

Sociality Is Learning

spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from my perspective

Call for descriptions: online safety programs

Web2.0 Expo Talk: Streams of Content, Limited Attention

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out

I am delighted to announce that “Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media” is now in the wild and available! This book was written as a collaborative effort by members of the Digital Youth Project, a three-year research effort funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur [...]

Choosing the Right Grad School

Some thoughts on Twitter vs. Facebook Status Updates

teaching, nursing, and second wave feminism