danah's book about teens is great. But the students at university are entering adulthood. So they may want a complement to danah's book That's why Lee Rainie and I wrote Networked. It is readable -- written for a broad intelligent audience -- as well as with scholarly chops -- 50 pp of Endnotes for followup reading. It covers a wide range of topics, and I know of a score of profs. who have taught from it as their primary text. It covers a range of topics: community, family, work, creativity, information, and the future. Pls specific framing chapters on the turn to social networks, the internet, and mobile Overall, 14K people have bought Networked and we're in our 5th printing Not being given away for free, but low cost: $15 for pb and $9 for Kindle. And as a bonus, courses that buy 20+ get either Lee or me to Skype in for a lecture to the course. http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Networked is receiving CITASA's best book award this year. And Lee Rainie is receiving the ASA-wide award for Contribution to the public good, recognizing both the book and his 14+ year run directing the Pew Internet and American Life Foundation. Enjoy, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ FRSC NetLab Network INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $15 Kindle $9 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________