Growing up online

Growing up Online is about my generation, the generation that came of age with the internet, and our use of internet in our lives. Growing up Online is a video that details teen’s different uses of the internet whether it be to find solace from adults or someone they can relate or create a new persona. Rachel Dretzin directed the video and used teens who lived in Morris City, N.J. Teens claim “it’s addictive” and the narrative tells us of the “virtual society teens have created through the internet.” Watching this video I could relate to the teens show as using the internet as a means of connecting with people. I can communicate through e-mails and find out information about what’s going on with other people who aren’t from where I am. I find it easy to Google it and find out what my friend is doing through their social networking page.