Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Many of us remember watching the space-age cartoon The Jet-sons and collectively dreaming about what the future would look like..." (more)
Key Phrases: wired teens, teen blogs, danah boyd, Teen Second Life, Finding Their Space, United States (more...)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Goodstein isn't a parent and hails from Generation X (just after the boomers), but she has a keen interest in teenagers, a background in teen media and writes a blog (Ypulse.com) which is devoted to teen media and marketing. The author explains that she's spent her career trying to be a "voice of reason" for teens and for adults trying to reach them; in this book she continues her quest to help parents understand their kids by offering a window into their digital world. Goodstein covers the bases, including cyber bullying, blogs and "social-networking sites" such as MySpace. She asks boomer parents to remember talking on the phone for hours or writing in a diary, which she compares to chatting online and blogging. Today's teens are developmentally identical to teens who listened to Elvis and wore poodle skirts, Goodstein argues, but they have a new venue—the Internet—for exploring their hopes, desires and voices. Goodstein urges parents to take the plunge into cyberspace not only in order to keep their children safe but also to build closer relationships. "Ask them about their digital lives," she advises, "and they'll start talking about the rest of their lives." Focusing on the pros rather than the risks, Goldstein presents a solid and accessible guide to help understand the wired generation. (Apr.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description

"A must read for parents (and future parents) of teenagers. Consider Anastasia Goodstein as the daughter you totally 'get' - explaining all the behaviors of the daughter you totally don't 'get.' Consider this a parent/teen dictionary. Brilliant and lifesaving!"

- Atoosa Rubenstein, former editor in chief of Seventeen magazine

 

"Totally Wired is both an awakening and a comfort for adults who feel lost in the infinite alleys of cyberspace. Goodstein gives it to us straight - honestly examining the threats to kids, but also including fresh insights into the positive ways young people use the wired world in their lives."

- Joe Kelly, president of Dads & Daughters and author of Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter

 

Hooking up via MySpace, bullying on a blog. Using a cell phone as a tracking device? Clearly, being a teen today isn't the same as it used to be. So what are LiveJournal, Xanga, Facebook, and MySpace, and what exactly are teens doing on these sites?

 

Totally Wired is the first inside guide to what teens are really doing on the Internet and with technology today. Author Anastasia Goodstein creates an informative and accessible guide that covers topics such as social networking, blogging, cyberbullying, and much, much more.

 

Including interviews with a cross section of industry professionals and teenagers, and loaded with fascinating statistics and revealing anecdotes, Totally Wired is the first guide that explains to parents in easy-to-understand terms what kids are really up to online, and arms parents with the knowledge they need to promote Internet safety.

See all Editorial Reviews

---

Product Details Paperback: 205 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 20, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312360126 ISBN-13: 978-0312360122 Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #137,787 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in this category: (What's this?) #72 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Home Computing > Internet > Online Searching

---

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

› Visit Amazon's Anastasia Goodstein Page

Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!

Search Inside This Book:

---

Inside This Book (learn more)

First Sentence:
Many of us remember watching the space-age cartoon The Jet-sons and collectively dreaming about what the future would look like. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wired teens, teen blogs, danah boyd, digital lives, using blogs, networking sites, totally wired, doing online

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Teen Second Life, Finding Their Space, United States, American Life Project, Pew Internet, Diaries Go Digital, Parental Controls, Teaching the Teachers, Global Kids, San Francisco, Tam High, The New York Times, New York City, Bullying Goes Digital, Creative Commons, Dragon Park, Maya Keyes, Mike Riera, Rachel Simmons, Frances Jacobson Harris, Los Angeles Times, Star Wars Kid, Burn Book, Judy Harrod, Kaiser Family Foundation

New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats

Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!

Search Inside This Book:

---

Books on Related Topics (learn more)

Podcasting For Dummies by Tee Morris

Discusses:

• using blogs
• own podcast
• Creative Commons

Wikinomics by Anthony D. Williams

Discusses:

• danah boyd
• using blogs
• networking sites

Podcasting For Dummies by Tee Morris Discusses: using blogs own podcast Creative Commons Wikinomics by Anthony D. Williams Discusses: danah boyd using blogs networking sites Loading...

---

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	87% buy the item featured on this page: Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online 4.4 out of 5 stars (10) $11.16
	5% buy Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn To Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly 5.0 out of 5 stars (6) $10.17
	3% buy Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence 4.8 out of 5 stars (18)
	2% buy Look Both Ways: Help Protect Your Family on the Internet 5.0 out of 5 stars (5) $11.24

Explore similar items

---

Tags Customers Associate with This Product  (What's this?) Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people. Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.  parenting(5) teen(4) anastasia goodstein(3) myspace(3) online(3) social networking(3) technology(3) tweens(3) internet safety(2) cyber-safety(1) cyberbullying(1) See all 17 tags... Your tags: Add your first tag

Search Products Tagged with   See most popular tags

---

 

Customer Reviews

10 Reviews 5 star:  (6) 4 star:  (3) 3 star:    (0) 2 star:  (1) 1 star:    (0)           Average Customer Review 4.4 out of 5 stars (10 customer reviews)		Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading, April 20, 2007 By  T. McCool "old married guy" (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Anastasia Goodstein knows teenagers. She has studied them, marketed to them, and talked to them. Don't be turned off because the author is not a parent of a teen. Because Goodstein isn't a parent, she was able to get teens to open up about their online experiences. And she also talked to parents who share there struggles, concerns and perspectives. If you really want to know what your teen is doing online - or if your young child is just starting to go online - buy this book NOW. What you will learn is that there are dangers on the Internet, and more often the dangers are your child's fellow students. Cyber-bullying from classmates is becoming more a danger to teens than strangers trolling for sex, and Goodstein covers the various methods of cyber-bullying. Considering that teenagers don't always make the right choices, parents do have a lot to worry about. While Goodstein properly alerts parents to the real dangers of the Internet, she also balances it with realism. Although your teen may not always understand the consequences of what she does online, she probably already knows about the dangers of the Internet and how to protect herself. You'll read comments from real teens about their online experiences. The comments will alarm you and and comfort you all at the same time. Helpful tips and "insider" information are peppered throughout the pages. Know what a "Code 9" is? Find the answer and more teen code in the book. (Code 9 = parent in the room). Are teens "hooking up" with other teens they meet online? Maybe not as much as you might have been told. Where is the balance between protecting your child and trusting your child? There's not an easy answer but you can find out what other parents are doing successfully. You will be a better-informed parent after reading this book, even if you think you already know everything about teens' online life. I think of myself has a pretty online-aware parent, but I learned something from reading Totally Wired, and you will too. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Useful, May 16, 2007 By  Tonia Ries - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    If you have teens in your life, you need to read Totally Wired. Goodstein de-mystifies text messaging and social networking, offers common-sense advice on how to manage the security concerns about your teens online time, and provides a `cheat sheet' to help us interpret what's really going on in our teenagers' world. The best part is that Goodstein really gets teens. Drawing analogies to things that were familiar to us from our youth, she helps us understand that MySpace is really just another place to hang out, that personalizing your own online page is a way for teens to express themselves just as I did by hanging posters in my room or pinning buttons to my denim jacket, and that many teens do need parents to help them understand the boundaries, both offline and online. Reading this book made me remember how much fun it was to be a teenager myself (in between all the drama). And I came away with a new sense of respect for the choices that today's far more empowered teens are making for themselves. Now if someone would only write a book to help teens understand their parents ... 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every parent, every teacher, every librarian - anyone working with young people!, April 13, 2007 By  E. Helmrich "Librarian, pop-culture junkie, t... (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Anastasia know her stuff! With a thorough knowledge of the youth media landscape and an exhaustive and stellar group of people interviewed and profiled - this is a fantastic book! It's a nice and easy read with an amazing amount of information imparted. Anastasia does a great job of pairing what teens are doing online with their developmental traits and needs -- this is not a lost generation - they are simply being teens as teens have always been - in new ways. This book will calm fears, educate parents, educators, lawmakers etc. on the reality of this new wired world. The bottom line with this issue is that parents need to be educated on what their children are doing, and put their "worry" and concern in the right areas - once they learn what's really going on they won't respond to the hype and hysteria that the media at large seems intent on passing on. Every parent, every public and school library MUST get their hands on this - learn it, love it, live it!		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 4.0 out of 5 stars Totally Wired This book gives the reader an in depth view of what school children have access to via computer, cell phones, pagers, etc. A must for parents to read and understand. Published 10 months ago by James Kreckman 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource on a Difficult Subject Speaking as a Middle School Counselor dealing with cyber-bullying issues on an almost daily basis, this book is a wonderful resource to me. Read more Published 16 months ago by Matt 2.0 out of 5 stars don't agree I don't agree with authors solutions to certain issues. I don't think that just because one thing was different twenty years ago it's good or bad. Read more Published 23 months ago by Rafael Lopez Callejon 5.0 out of 5 stars A definite read! Anastasia really understands tweens and teens. In a very easy read... Totally Wired, Anastasia relays what today's kids are doing to what any generation did when they hit this... Read more Published on April 23, 2007 by Erin Reilly 5.0 out of 5 stars For anyone who deals with teens An engaging and enlightening read for adults that live or work with teens. In spite of their total connectedness with friends and the world, teens today are still the same teens... Read more Published on April 16, 2007 by S. Iverson 5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for all parents This is a fabulous book. Anastasia Goodstein does a superb job at providing readers a "realistic" look at what teens are doing online. Read more Published on April 4, 2007 by Sean Wilkins 4.0 out of 5 stars As a parent and a marketer This was a great read for me on two different levels. I'm both a parent and someone who sometimes works with companies that market products to teens. Read more Published on April 2, 2007 by Joshua Morgan Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

---

Customer Discussions

This product's forum Discussion Replies Latest Post A timely book -- can't wait to read it! 0 January 2007 › See all discussions...   [Start the discussion] Start a new discussion Topic: First post: Receive e-mail when new posts are made Prompts for sign-in   Guidelines Active discussions in related forums Discussion Replies Latest Post health Why oppose health care reform? 1136 10 minutes ago health eczema, help please 129 19 minutes ago health Is Spanking a lovable or harmful form of disipline? 7096 43 minutes ago health Male circumcision. 4742 55 minutes ago parenting Spanking your children should be ILLEGAL. 743 59 minutes ago parenting For Dan - Bible Spanking Discussion 61 1 hour ago teen The Great Teenage Myth - Download the first 4 chapters for Free 0 1 day ago teen Teenage boy books? 31 9 days ago Search Customer Discussions Only search this product's forum

The Parenting community Latest activity 2 hours ago 8,161 customers have contributed 4,882 products, 254 discussions and more... › Explore the community The Teen community Latest activity 33 minutes ago 9,927 customers have contributed 7,370 products, 1,403 lists & guides and more... › Explore the community The Social Networking community Latest activity 17 hours ago 786 customers have contributed 294 products, 49 lists & guides and more... › Explore the community Related forums health (716 discussions) parenting (254 discussions) social... (2 discussions) teen (47 discussions) textbooks... Explore more › See all Customer Communities › Your communities

---

Listmania!

My 2 Year Old's Favorite Children Books: A list by J. A. Atkinson "jaldous"   Boys Will Be Girls: Gender Benders for Young Readers: A list by [e-mail]   awesome young adult books *: A list by H. Goldberg "Vonnie" Create a Listmania! list

Search Listmania!

---

So You'd Like to...

Raise a Healthy, Happy, and Balanced Child: A guide by Allison Create a guide

Search Guides

---

Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)

Be the first person to add an article about this item at Amapedia.com.

› See featured Amapedia.com articles

---

Look for Similar Items by Category

• Books > Computers & Internet > Home Computing > Internet > Online Searching
• Books > Health, Mind & Body > Personal Health > Women's Health > Pregnancy & Childbirth
• Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Library & Information Science
• Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology
• Books > Parenting & Families > Parenting > Child Care
• Books > Parenting & Families > Parenting > Teenagers

---

Look for Similar Items by Subject

Search Books by subject:
Internet - Social aspects
Family / Parenting / Childbirth
Family & Relationships / Parenting / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science
Library & Information Science
Parenting - General
Internet - General
Life Stages - Adolescence
Parenting - Child Rearing
Advice on parenting
Internet guides & online services
Teenagers: advice for parents
Parent And Child
Family & Relationships
Family/Marriage
Internet
Internet and children
Internet and teenagers
Social aspects
Pregnancy & Parenting


i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Ad feedback

 

Feedback If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images? Is there any other feedback you would like to provide? Your comments can help make our site better for everyone. Please note that we are unable to respond directly to all feedback submitted via this form, but we'll ask you to sign in so we can contact you if needed.

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

› View and edit your browsing history

Get to Know Us Careers Investor Relations Press Releases Amazon and Our Planet Make Money with Us Sell on Amazon Join Associates Self-publish with Us › See all Let Us Help You Shipping Rates & Policies Amazon Prime Returns Help

Canada | China | France | Germany | Japan | United Kingdom  And don't forget: Amazon Windowshop | AmazonWireless | Askville | Audible | DPReview | Endless | IMDb | Shopbop | SoundUnwound | Warehouse Deals by Amazon | Zappos Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

Product Details

• Paperback: 205 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (March 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312360126
• ISBN-13: 978-0312360122
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #137,787 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in this category: (What's this?)

  #72 in

  Books > Computers & Internet > Home Computing > Internet > Online Searching

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading, April 20, 2007

By	T. McCool "old married guy" (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Anastasia Goodstein knows teenagers. She has studied them, marketed to them, and talked to them. Don't be turned off because the author is not a parent of a teen. Because Goodstein isn't a parent, she was able to get teens to open up about their online experiences. And she also talked to parents who share there struggles, concerns and perspectives. If you really want to know what your teen is doing online - or if your young child is just starting to go online - buy this book NOW.

What you will learn is that there are dangers on the Internet, and more often the dangers are your child's fellow students. Cyber-bullying from classmates is becoming more a danger to teens than strangers trolling for sex, and Goodstein covers the various methods of cyber-bullying. Considering that teenagers don't always make the right choices, parents do have a lot to worry about.

While Goodstein properly alerts parents to the real dangers of the Internet, she also balances it with realism. Although your teen may not always understand the consequences of what she does online, she probably already knows about the dangers of the Internet and how to protect herself. You'll read comments from real teens about their online experiences. The comments will alarm you and and comfort you all at the same time.

Helpful tips and "insider" information are peppered throughout the pages. Know what a "Code 9" is? Find the answer and more teen code in the book. (Code 9 = parent in the room). Are teens "hooking up" with other teens they meet online? Maybe not as much as you might have been told. Where is the balance between protecting your child and trusting your child? There's not an easy answer but you can find out what other parents are doing successfully.

You will be a better-informed parent after reading this book, even if you think you already know everything about teens' online life. I think of myself has a pretty online-aware parent, but I learned something from reading Totally Wired, and you will too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Useful, May 16, 2007

By	Tonia Ries - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you have teens in your life, you need to read Totally Wired. Goodstein de-mystifies text messaging and social networking, offers common-sense advice on how to manage the security concerns about your teens online time, and provides a `cheat sheet' to help us interpret what's really going on in our teenagers' world.

The best part is that Goodstein really gets teens. Drawing analogies to things that were familiar to us from our youth, she helps us understand that MySpace is really just another place to hang out, that personalizing your own online page is a way for teens to express themselves just as I did by hanging posters in my room or pinning buttons to my denim jacket, and that many teens do need parents to help them understand the boundaries, both offline and online. Reading this book made me remember how much fun it was to be a teenager myself (in between all the drama). And I came away with a new sense of respect for the choices that today's far more empowered teens are making for themselves.

Now if someone would only write a book to help teens understand their parents ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every parent, every teacher, every librarian - anyone working with young people!, April 13, 2007

By	E. Helmrich "Librarian, pop-culture junkie, t... (Ann Arbor, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Anastasia know her stuff! With a thorough knowledge of the youth media landscape and an exhaustive and stellar group of people interviewed and profiled - this is a fantastic book! It's a nice and easy read with an amazing amount of information imparted. Anastasia does a great job of pairing what teens are doing online with their developmental traits and needs -- this is not a lost generation - they are simply being teens as teens have always been - in new ways. This book will calm fears, educate parents, educators, lawmakers etc. on the reality of this new wired world. The bottom line with this issue is that parents need to be educated on what their children are doing, and put their "worry" and concern in the right areas - once they learn what's really going on they won't respond to the hype and hysteria that the media at large seems intent on passing on. Every parent, every public and school library MUST get their hands on this - learn it, love it, live it!