Teens Turn to Social Coding to Protect Privacy on Social Nets
www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/01/teens-turn-to-social-coding-to-protect-privacy-on-social-nets021
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In fact, there's compelling evidence the up-and-coming cohort of young Americans has grown increasingly sophisticated in navigating the public-by-default scene of social networks. Researchers say they are evolving forms of social coding to signal to each other while at the same time keeping their thoughts, activities and personal communications masked from older generations.