These quotes from Boyd address how adults view social media, how identities can change on social media, and how teens today use social media.

“Unfortunately, adults sometimes believe that they understand what they see online without considering how teens imagined the context when they originally posted a particular photograph or comment. The ability to understand how context, audience, and identity intersect is one of the central challenges people face in learning how to navigate social media.” (page 30)

“Although Turkle recognized that a person’s identity was always tethered to his or her psyche, she left room for arguments that suggested that the internet could- and would- free people of the burdens of their “material” -or physically embodied- identities, enabling them to become a better version of themselves.” (page 37)

“Many teens today go online to socialize with friends they know from physical settings and to portray themselves in online contexts that are more tightly wedded to unmediated social communities.” (page 38)