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USA TODAY
Janet Kornblum
3-27-2008
"Advice to Parents:
Give
Your Kids Their (My)Space"
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Larry
Rosen, professor of psychology at California State
University, Dominguez Hills, has long studied "the Net Generation," the
first to have grown up with the Internet, not to mention cellphones. In
Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation
(Palgrave
Macmillan), he helps parents understand social networks. His advice:
Talk to your kids, learn the technology and don't panic. USA TODAY's Janet
Kornblum spoke with the author. The complete interview can be
found here.
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Read an interesting article on MSNBC's website: MySpace Can Bring
Shy Kids Out of Their Shells
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Commentary
on the impact of textisms on English literacy among children, teens,
and young adults (4-26-2008).
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[NOTE: The first printing
of my book sold out in one month and is now in its second
printing. If you have been unable to get a copy of the book there
are now more available! Thank you all for your support.]
Me, MySpace, and I:
Parenting the Net Generation
(Palgrave
Macmillan, December 2007)
"Dr. Larry Rosen goes beyond the
sensational headlines by
providing original research on how young people are actually using
MySpace. Me,
MySpace, and I provides parents with a much needed voice in the
debate over the
role of social networking in the lives of today's totally wired teens."
--
Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Teens and
Tweens
Are Really Doing Online
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"Rosen brings his expertise as
both a research psychologist and father together in this new book, Me.
MySpace, and l. He provides great insight and excellent guidance."
--
Nancy E. Willard, author of Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens:
Helping
Young People learn to Make Safe and Responsible Choices Online
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"A must read book for parents ... Guided by
extensive research, presented in easy-to-read language and offering
real-life examples, Dr.
Rosen's
book
will enlighten parents. It helps bridge the generation divide between
parents
and their technologically literate kids." -- Scott Plunkett, Ph.D.,
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, California State
University Northridge
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"Dr. Rosen brings insights, humor, and a
balanced approach to how
parents
can understand and deal with this particularly challenging
phenomenon. An enjoyable, authoritative, and practical book for
today's parents!"— Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D. Founder and Executive
Director,
Center for the Improvement of Child Caring
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"Dr. Rosen's book is a very timely and comprehensive
look at the virtual world. Me,
MySpace, and I is groundbreaking and presents important
issues for children and their parents coping in today's technological
world. It is a practical handbook for parents and provides
concrete answers to their most pressing questions about social
networking and how children live online. Written by one of the
top
authorities on the impact of technology and combining theory, research,
and common sense advice in easy-to-read language, Me, MySpace, and I is a must read
for all parents." -- Dr. Kimberly Young author of Caught in the Net and Tangled in the
Web and director of the Center for Internet Addiction
Recovery
Creating a Place for MySpace
(American Psychological Association
Monitor 11/2007)
"You
might peek into your kid's room, and your kid is on MySpace and they're
talking onthe phone and they're texting and IMing and there's music
coming from the iPod -- basically, you're seeiing kids who are so
technologically adept that parents don't quite know what to do about
it."
"Parents
should understand that for many young people their online world is their social
environment. That means that Net Geners are doing all the kinds
of things online that their parents did while hanging out at the mall
or behind the school -- including, yes, flirting, and trying out
various identities."
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RECENT MEDIA QUOTES
SPECIAL NOTE:
The Emmy Award Winning Show "Connect With Kids"
is running a segment over the next few months on "Screen
Addicts" where I am featured as one of their experts.
The schedule is online.
I hope you get a chance to see it in your area of the country.

ORDER NOW

Taping for ABC
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Diego technology psychologist Larry Rosen, author of “Me, MySpace
and I,” said it's hard to predict exactly how wireless technology will
change our lives but that the changes will be driven by the YouTube
generation and not by their Baby Boom or Generation X parents.
“It
took my generation 10
years to adopt the computer,” Rosen
said. “This generation adopted text messaging in two or three years.
“It's
a whole generation of
adopters. It's a generation that
embraces technology. They've spent most of their life wired. They use
everything.”
San Diego Untion-Tribune
January 27, 2008
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REVIEW IN SCHOLASTIC
PARENT AND CHILD MAGAZINE
February 2008
If
you're clueless about your child's online world, check out this great
resource for parenting the Net Generation.
REVIEW IN THE
LIBRARY JOURNAL
December 2007
Call them
Millennials, Gen Yers, or MySpacers -- but pay attention!
Millennials (those born after 1979) are different from their
predecessors; not only do they use their time differently, but they
seek to create content, are bored if not multitasking, are far from
private, and are always online. Rosen offers a well-documented
comparison between and among baby boomers (b. 1946-64), Gen Xers (b.
1965-1979), and Millennials -- their values, career goals, loyalties,
workplace styles, and more. When not on social-networking sites like
MySpace or Facebook, Millennials are IM'ing, conducting research
online, visiting the virtual world Second Life, or playing video games
-- sometimes all at the same time. Interestingly, Millennials
also value their parents' opinions and are career- and college-focused,
emotionally open, and very social. Rosen advises parents to be
proactive and to learn how to avoid problems before they start -- e.g.,
by placing the family computer in a common area of the home, setting
limits, using MySpace themselves, and talking with and listening to
their kids even more. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
In
response to New York's e-STOP law to require sex offenders to register
their e-mail addresses, IM names, screen names and any online
identifiers:
"Good
Lord -- this is absurd," says Larry Rosen, author of Me, MySpace, and
I. "What is to prevent a 'sex offender' from opening a shadow
e-mail account and IM name? The key is not restricting sex
offenders, but teaching parents and kids how to deal with them if and
when they are approached."
USA Today 1-29-2008
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[Concening online virtual memorials]:
"I'm
not sure we're talking about deaths of strangers," said Larry
Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University, Dominguez
Hills, and author of Me,
MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net
Generation. They're part of the same online world. It opens up
the
definition of 'friend.' "
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RECENT RESEARCH
STUDY: The
Impact of Emotionality and Self-Disclosure on Online Dating versus
Traditional
Dating
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in press, 2008) |
RECENT TALKS:
- Multitasking
Across Generations
CSU Long Beach, CA May 2, 2008
- Western
Psychological Association Convention Irvine, CA. April 11-12, 2008
- Symposium: The Impact of Multitasking and Media on
Children and Adults
- Presentation: Parenting the Net Generation
- Parenting the MySpace Generation, University of
California, Riverside, 1/7/2008
- Me, MySpace and I: Parenting the Net Generation,
University of California, San Diego, 1/17/2008
- Me,
MySpace, and I: Clinical Issues in Working with Net Generation
Children, Teens, and Young Adults. North Carolina
Psychological
Association 2-9-2008
- Book Signing: Barnes & Noble,
Oceanside, CA March 22, 2008 1 PM
- Western Psychological Association Vancouver, CA May
2007: The
MySpace Generation: Adolescents Living in Virtual World
- Torrance Memorial Hospital April 15,
2008 - Me,
MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation
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my blog
for
updated commentaries on the impact of technology on children,
adolescents, and adults. |
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RECENT MEDIA
2006 - 2008
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| 2008 |
Advice
to Parents: Give Your Kids Their (My)Space USA Today 3-27-2008
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MySpace Can Bring
Shy Kids Out of Their Shells MSNBC.com 4-24-2008
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The
Internet Generation EdgeNewYork 5-4-2008
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"Sleep
Texting" Shows up Among Avid Text Messagers Austin
American-Statesman 4-26-2008
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Text Messaging Has its
Good Points Daily Breeze/L.A. Daily News 4-24-2008
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Book
Excerpt: Virtually Exposed. Parenting Teens Network 4-2008
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Do
You Know What Your Kids are Doing on MySpace? It's Not as Scary
as You've Heard and CAN Keep Them Safe. Education.com 4-2008
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Parenting
Your Net Generation Child or Adolescent: Using a Plan Called
T.A.L.K. to Keep Your Kids safe in Their Multitasking Techno-Worlds.
Education.com 4-2008
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GAME
ON TOO LONG: A fine line separates fun, addiction. Contra
Costa Times 4-6-2008
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More Top Tous
Offer Playtime, High Technology Contra Costa Times 4-6-2008
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When
Mom or Dad Ask to be Facebook 'Friend' Washington Post, 3-9-2008 [reprinted
in the Chicago Tribune 3-10-2008
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| Social,
Work Lives Collide on Networking Websites USA Today 1-18-2008 |
Q&A
on Video Game Worries. aPARENTly Speaking. 4-7-2008
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Big
Brains from Harvard Lead MySpace Task Force -- But Why? The Tech
Herald 3-3-2008
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Website
Provides a New Death Notice. Miami Herald 3-2-2008 [story
also appeared in San
Jose Mercury News 3-10-2008]
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Mom,
Dad meet MySpace and Facebook Newsday 2-17-2008
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Screen Addicts - by
Emmy Award Winning "Connect
with Kids" shown in Los Angeles, Denver, El Paso, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Tampa, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City,
Little Rock, La Crosse, Columbia SC, Colorado Springs, Savannah, and
other markets (February to
May). Click here for
the schedule.
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New
Bill Fights Online Predators USA Today 1-29.2008
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| Cell
Phones Taking on Many Roles, Transforming Market, Generation
San Diego Union Tribune 1-27-2008 |
| MySpace,
States Propose Principles to Protect Youths Online Investor's
Business Daily 1-14-2008 |
Parenting
the Net Generation. Radio broadcast on Mr. Dad: Postive
Parenting Radio Show. 2-14-2008. [use ppguest as both username and
password]
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| What
Does Your Teen's MySpace Profile Say About Him or Her? Orange
County Register 1-3-2008 |
Cyber
Confessions Can Be Therapeutic CBS2 Chicago 1-19-2008
Online
Confessionals WCBS2 New York 1-28-2008
True
Confession Sites Offer Online Help KABC Los Angeles 2-1-2008
Toledo
Confessions WTOL11 Toledo, OH 2-7-2008
More
People Spilling Secrets Online King5 Seattle, WA
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| 2007 |
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Dealing with Tech-Savvy
Kids Long Beach Press Telegram 12-29-2007
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Confession
is Just a Keypad Away USA Today 11-28-2007
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The
Bytes That Bind Prevention Magazine November 2007
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Dating
2.0 Picks Up Speed Wired Magazine 12-20-2007 and ABC News
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Psst!
People are Sharing Secrets Online Seattle Times 11-28-2007
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Professor
Publishes Book on Parenting the Net Generation PRLog 12-18-2007
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Avatar
Identity Theft Promotes Review of Gaia and Virtual World Rules Jack
Meyers Media Business Report 11-13-2007
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Mattel's
BarbieGirls Virtual World Needs to Reboot MediaVillage
9-24-2007
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| On
Campus, Trying to Connect Washington Post, 8-14-2007 |
| Social
Networking Can Have Educational Benefits, Survey Finds
Education
Week 8-14-2007 |
"Family Secrets" Smart Money Magazine 9-2007
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| Key
Productivity Tool or Toy for the Bored? Blackberry. Q. Treo. Blackjack.
iPhone. Dash San Diego Union-Tribune 8-6-2007 |
| MySpace
as a Personality Lab U.S. News & World Reports 7-10-2007 |
| The
Whole World is Watching: In the Age of MySpace Intelligent
Talk
Radio (Segment 2) 8-4-2007 |
| Newsmaker:
Net Generation Comes of Age C|Net's News.com 7-9-2007 |
| The
MySpace Dilemma: Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
InformationWeek
6-23-2007 |
| Momfidence:
The New Generation Gap Woman's Day 7-2007 |
| CSUDH
Professors Use MySpace as Research PRLog 6-7-2007 |
| Too
Tethered KTLA Channel 5 Los Angeles 7-13-2007 |
| Internet
Safer than it Seems Contra Costa Times 5-29-2007 |
| Youths
choose social-networking sites to share thoughts, feelings after tragedy
San Diego Union Tribune 4-19-2007 |
| Gen
Y'ers post grief online Houston Chronicle 4-17-2007 |
| Videoconferencing
expands from boardrooms to living rooms and far-flung families. San
Diego Union Tribune 4-16-2007 |
| No
Cellphone? No BlackBerry? No E-Mail? No Way? (It's true). USA
Today 1-11-2007 |
| The
Truth about Online Dating Scientific American Mind, February 2007 |
| Recent radio interviews: KNX, Los Angeles
1-12-2007, WPHT, Philadelphia,
1-11-2007 and 1-15-2007, PSYCHED!, Sirius Satellite Radio, 12-8-2007 |
| 2006 |
| MySpace
to Use Database to Delete Predators' Profiles Chicago Tribune
12-5-2006 |
| It's
a Text Mess Hartford Courant 12-9-2006 |
| For
Teachers, Life on MySpace can be a Lesson unto Itself.
Oakland
Tribune 7-13-2006 |
| Children
Less Likely to Encounter Online Predators USA Today 8-9-2006 |
| Decoding
MySpace U.S. News & World Reports 9-10-2006 |
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Memorials
Appearing on MySpace Cox News Service 10-9-2006
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| Teens
Immortalize Friends on MySpace Miami Herald 10-9-2006 |
| Some
Teachers Squeeze their Way into MySpace Contra Costa Times
10-9-2006 |
| Sex
Offenders CQ (Congressional
Quarterly) Researcher 9-8-2006 |
| MySpace Threat
Overestimated? Interview with Michael Linder on KNX-1070 in Los
Angeles,
CA 8-14-2006 |
| Is
the "King's English" Dead? PCWorld (Canada) 10-6-2006 |
| DOPA
Laws Threaten Social Networks MediaVillage 9-27-2006 |
| Price
of Virtual Living: Patience, Privacy CNN.com 7-18-06 |
| Generation
Y for Dummies eWeek and CIO Insight 8-24-06 |
| Say
What? Much-copied site chronicles New York's conversations Associated
Press 8-26-06 |
| Unsupervised
Online
Teens & Other Myths: New Research Net Family News 8-18-2006 |
| Parents
'Create Your Own MySpace Page' staysafe.org 8-20-2006 |
Un
Moyen de Tester Differences Identites Liberation (Liberation,
France)
8-19-2006
(translation into English) |
| MySpace Not Hotbed
of Sexual Predators Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8-9-2006 |
| Understanding
MySpace as a Tool for Predators 7-16-2006 |
| MySpace
Fear Factor Overblown; Parental Awareness Low Ypulse 7-11-2006 |
| MySpace:
Not What You Think 7-11-2006 |
| Fear
of Social Networking Sites Like MySpace May be Overblown 7-11-2006 |
| Study
Shows Fear of MySpace Predators is Overblown 7-10-06 |
| Shrinking
the Digital Divide 5-9-06 |
| "HELP!
The Web is Broken" and Other IT/Client Madness 4-28-06 |
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