Spotlight on Digital Media And Learning

1.7.09 | “The incredibly popular social networking website Facebook has taken the world by storm since it was founded by a Harvard student in 2004.

It claims to be the fifth most trafficked website in the world, and one wonders—just what is Facebook?; how are people using it?; is it productive or a waste of time?; and is it possible to become addicted to it?

We speak to John Palfrey, a Harvard University law professor and faculty director at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He’s also author of the book “Born Digital”, and he’s conducted extensive research on Facebook usage in America and abroad.”

Palfrey also discusses recent research on digital youth from Mizuko Ito and her colleagues. Listen to the interview here.