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15 April 2014updated 09 Jun 2021 9:23am

Stop worrying: teenagers are not internet-addled cyborgs with overdeveloped thumbs

. . .  in fact, they are probably better at navigating a world of smartphones and social networks than we crusties aged 20 and over.

By Helen Lewis

(Photo By Teenagers at an Alicia Keys concert wave their phones in the air. Photo:Getty)

Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and
Branding in the Social Media Age
Alice Marwick
Yale University Press, 320pp, £17.99

It’s Complicated: the Social Lives of Networked Teens
danah boyd
Yale University Press, 296pp, £17.99

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