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REVIEWS

"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 Weband director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery
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Press Release:
"Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation” Helps Parents Keep Kids Safe in Cyberspace


Creating a Place for MySpace
(American Psychological Association Monitor)


"You might peek into your kid's room, and your kid is on MySpace and they're talking on the phone and they're texting and IMing and there's music coming from the iPod -- basically, you're seeing 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."
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.








Taping for ABC




San Diego Union-Tribune

San 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."
REVIEW IN SCHOLASTIC PARENT AND
CHILD MAGAZINE
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
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 IMing, 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.



USA Today

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."







RECENT ARTICLES:
RECENT RESEARCH STUDY: The Relationship between “Textisms” and Formal and Informal Writing Among Young Adults - accepted for publication in Communication Research 2009
RECENT AND UPCOMING TALKS:

"Dr. Rosen recently gave an excellent presentation on the topic of "The Psychology of Technology" to over 300 participants at our first-ever National IT Conference. Dr. Rosen spoke about contemporary issues such as generational differences with use of IT, the explosion of Facebook and YouTube in interpersonal communications, and his threading of the past, present, and future. The information, his particular delivery, and his successful interaction with such a large crowd were all fascinating." -- George M. Walker, Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer.
Visit my blog for updated commentaries on the impact of technology on children, adolescents, and adults.
RESEARCH REPORTS AND COMMENTARIES ON MYSPACE

PRESS RELEASE
June 26, 2006
First Major Study of MySpace Suggests Sexual Predator Reports in the Media Overblown/Unfounded — Parental Ignorance of Teen Activities on Site is High
RECENT RESEARCH STUDY: The Impact of Emotionality and Self-Disclosure on Online Dating versus Traditional Dating (Computers in Human Behavior, 2008)
RECENT RESEARCH STUDY: Are Computer, Video and Arcade Games Affecting Children's Behavior? An Empirical Study
View Videotapes of Dr. Rosen on TV and doing Keynote Speeches
Biographical Information
Selected Speaking Topics
Speaker Information
Consultation and Media Services
Comments from Meeting Planners and Audiences
Current Research
International Research
Publications: Books and Articles
Magazine & Newspaper Publications
Articles in The National Psychologist (columns between 1995 and 2008)
Technophobia Measurement Instruments
National Effective Parenting Initiative (NEPI) Advisory Board
Just for fun - Annual Gingerbread House
Rosen's Rock 'n Roll Technology Clock Recycled Art
Parental Pride





"After reading Dr. Larry Rosen's and Dr. Michelle Weil's book, TechnoStress, I realized that the well-rounded technologist isn't. Introduce technology without experience in the attendant psychology and you have personal, corporate and societal problems in the form of TechnoStress. ... My recommendation is read their book and then do something about the problem. It might seem like a small step, but it could be a giant leap for mankind and your organization."


Additional 1997 - 2007 Selected TechnoStress Media Interviews
National Reviews
Review by Amazon.com
Reviews of TechnoStress From Around the World
... And Even More Recent Reviews!



Video Conference Presentation at the
Friday Center in North Carolina

Book Signing at Barnes & Noble
 
RECENT MEDIA
2006 - 2009
2009
Gay Nightlife's Identity Crisis Edge, New York 4-6-2009.
Teens Text a Lot, Adults Worry PsychCentral 5-29-2009.
Aprender com a Technologia Revista Ensino Superior (Brazil).
Teen Online Safety Mostly About Behavior CNetNews 6-17-2009.
Mom, Dad as a Facebook Friend? Increasingly so San Diego CW Channel 6, 3-12-2009.
Mom, Dad Meet MySpace and Facebook Newsday 2-17-2009.
Crafting Your Image for Your 1,000 Friends on Facebook or MySpace UCLA News Press Release 2009.
Social Networking's Dark Side Edge New York 2-16-2009
Stanford Offers Facebook Class for Parents KCBS News San Francisco 2-9-2009. Also in San Jose Mercury News
Experts Offer New Advice on Keeping Kids Safe Online CBS News, San Diego, CA 2-7-2009
2008
Advice to Parents: Give Your Kids Their (My)Space USA Today 3-27-2008
MySpace Can Bring Shy Kids Out of Their Shells MSNBC.com 4-24-2008
Parental Software is an Aid, Not an Answer MSNBC.com 9-15-2008
Family Matters: Tracking Your Teen Better Homes and Gardens 10-2008
Smile! You're on the Web Edge Magazine 10-20-2008
Parents Flock to Facebook: College Kids See Parents Invade Their Turf Contra Costa Times 9-8-2008. Also in Wichita Times and Chattanooga Times
Screen Addicts - by Emmy Award Winning "Connect with Kids" shown in Los Angeles, New York, 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 July). Click here for the schedule.
"Social Network Spam" by NewsProNet Syndicated to multiple TV stations including: WXYZ Detroit 8-1-2008, CBS-3 Philadelphia 8-12-2008, TMJ4 Milwaukee 9-10-2008, CBS-TV Austin, TX 9-9-2008 and WBZ-CBS Boston 8-18-2008
Parenting the Net Generation Blog Talk Radio 5-18-2008
Do You Know What Your Kids are Doing on MySpace? It's Not as Scary as You've Heard and You CAN Keep Them Safe Education.com 2008
Parents Adopt Technology to Reach Out to Kids St. Louis Post-Dispatch 6-11-2008
Web Friends Over Real Friends WINK News, Florida 7-22-2008
Parenting Your Net Generation Child or Adolescent Education.com 2008
Dealing With Internet Addiction Philippine Sun-Star News 7-17-2008
Putting Life Online Could Haunt Later Houston Chronicle 6-29-2008
Will Hands-Free Law Drive Home Safely? Long Beach Daily Breeze 6-28-2008
TopSpot: Web Social Network for Parents and Babies Newsday 5-25-2008 syndicated in Seattle Times 6-7-2008, Salisbury Post 6-9-2008, Albany Democrat-Herald 6-6-2008
Parenting the Net Generation BlogTalkRadio 5-18-2008
The Internet Generation EdgeNewYork 5-4-2008
"Sleep Texting" Shows up Among Avid Text Messagers Austin American-Statesman 4-26-2008
Text Messaging Has its Good Points Daily Breeze/L.A. Daily News 4-24-2008
Book Excerpt: Virtually Exposed. Parenting Teens Network 4-2008
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
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
GAME ON TOO LONG: A fine line separates fun, addiction. Contra Costa Times 4-6-2008
More Top Toys Offer Playtime, High Technology Contra Costa Times 4-6-2008
When Mom or Dad Ask to be Facebook 'Friend' Washington Post, 3-9-2008 [reprinted in the Chicago Tribune 3-10-2008]
Social, Work Lives Collide on Networking Websites USA Today 1-18-2008
Q&A on Video Game Worries. aPARENTly Speaking. 4-7-2008
Big Brains from Harvard Lead MySpace Task Force -- But Why? The Tech Herald 3-3-2008
Website Provides a New Death Notice. Miami Herald 3-2-2008 [story also appeared in San Jose Mercury News 3-10-2008]
Mom, Dad meet MySpace and Facebook Newsday 2-17-2008
New Bill Fights Online Predators USA Today 1-29-2008
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: Positive Parenting Radio Show. 2-14-2008. [use ppguest as both username and password]
What Does Your Teen's MySpace Profile Say About Him or Her? Orange County Register 1-3-2008
Cyber Confessions Can Be TherapeuticCBS2 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
2007
Children and the Internet: Creating a Space for MySpace American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology, November 2007
Children and the Internet: Web Pornography's Effect on Children American Psychological Association Monitor on Psychology, November 2007
Dealing with Tech-Savvy Kids Long Beach Press Telegram 12-29-2007
Confession is Just a Keypad Away USA Today 11-28-2007
The Bytes That Bind Prevention Magazine November 2007
Dating 2.0 Picks Up Speed Wired Magazine 12-20-2007 and ABC News
Psst! People are Sharing Secrets Online Seattle Times 11-28-2007
Professor Publishes Book on Parenting the Net Generation PRLog 12-18-2007
Avatar Identity Theft Promotes Review of Gaia and Virtual World Rules Jack Meyers Media Business Report 11-13-2007
Mattel's BarbieGirls Virtual World Needs to Reboot MediaVillage 9-24-2007
Secret sharing reveals buried fears, regrets: The truth can be out there -- anonymously Contra Costa Times, 10-23-2007
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
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
Memorials Appearing on MySpace Cox News Service 10-9-2006
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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