---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:59:52 -0500 From: Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> To: danah boyd <aoir.z3z@danah.org> Cc: Paul DiPerna <pdiperna@blauexchange.org>, air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] where did you go, out; what did you do, nothing 1. I still maintain the cup half-full and half-empty position as a working hypothesis. While not being a quant chauvanist, I would like to know the %age of American teens and of their parent/s who are seriously stressed -- more than the typical teen stress of the past. 2. If this %age is large or small, danah's point makes sense: the Internet creates a visible venue for teens to exhibit such stress and find others to engage in dysfuncitonal activity. My generation just joined gangs: see The Wanderers (or read the book). 3. There are some stats that back danah's position that there structural conditions for teen dysfunctionality are greater than before. Rutgers sociologist was on CBC this AM maintaining that single parenting is up in a generation from 17% to 35% (it was pre-coffee: all summaries a bit vague). And certainly dual jobs are up compared to the 20th century, but not compared to the 3rd world or the agrarian 19th century. Everything old is new again! Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________