Growing up online [videorecording] / WGBH Educational Foundation ; a Frontline co-production with Ark Media, LLC ; written by Rachel Dretzin ; produced and directed by Rachel Dretzin and John Maggio.

Publisher: [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.

ISBN: 0793694221

Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject(s): Internet and teenagers.
Online social networks.
Teenagers Social networks.
Self-perception in adolescence.
Internet Safety measures.
Internet and teenagers.
Teenagers Social networks.
Self-perception in adolescence.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary Television series. migfg

Other titles: Frontline (Television program).

Credits: Camera, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, R.A. Fedde ; music, Frank Ferrucci ; narrator, Will Lyman.

Performers: Narrator: Will Lyman.

Target Audience: Not rated (may not be suitable for young children; viewer discretion is advised)

Notes: Closed-captioned.
Originally broadcast on Jan. 22, 2008 as a segment of the television program, Frontline.
Special feature: discussion guide in .PDF file.

Contents: Living their lives essentially online -- A revolution in classrooms and social life -- Self-expression, trying on new identities -- The child predator fear -- Private worlds outside parents' reach -- Cyberbullying -- Updates.

Summary: "MySpace. YouTube. Facebook. Friendster. Nearly every teen in America is on the Internet every day. They socialize with friends and strangers alike. Peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. A generation with a radically different notion of privacy and personal space, today's adolescents are grappling with issues their parents never had to deal with. Investigates the risks, realities, and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web."--Container.