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    Are the Kids on the Internet Alright After All?

    A generation of teens lives more in the virtual world than the real one and adult anxiety is producing calls for a crackdown on social networking sites. But Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are now the places where kids can do what kids always do: hang out with their peers.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A generation of teens lives more in the virtual world than the real one and adult anxiety is producing calls for a crackdown on social networking sites. But Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are now the places where kids can do what kids always do: hang out with their peers. They may give up their privacy, submit to commercial exploitation and become vulnerable to cyber-bullying, but researchers say that's not the whole story. We hear from one who's embedded herself with teenagers and reports on how the world looks from their point of view.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Emily Bazelon

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    2 of 3
    Are the Kids on the Internet Alright After All?
    1. 0:00Death Toll Rises in Kiev, Yanukovich May Call In Military
    2. 8:05Are the Kids on the Internet Alright After All?You’re reading this
    3. 42:41Flu Reaches Epidemic Levels
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