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Facebook and Twitter won't fix fake news alone, says danah boyd. Today's information wars are also a reflection of us.

Via Ivon Prefontaine, PhD, Bookmarking Librarian

As adults witness the rising tides of teenaged anxiety, it’s tough not to notice a common thread that runs through the epidemic — something that past generations never dealt with. Clutched in the hand of nearly every teen is a smartphone, buzzing and beeping and blinking with social media notifications.

Parents, all too often, just want to grab their teen’s phone and stuff it in a drawer. But is social media and the omnipresence of digital interactions really the cause of all this anxiety?

The short answer is: It’s complicated.

Via John Evans