“(ANSA) – ROME, 17th DEC. 2009 – Facebook is the unquestioned protagonist of 2009 among Italian teenagers, more than 50% of guys has his/her own page on the social network. While adolescents with a computer and a connection are increasing, also risk behaviors are increasing, especially for those who spend more than three hours on the Internet or on the TV. These are the habits of Italian teenagers photographed by the annual report by the Italian Pediatric Society (SIP).”.

How do you place in this panorama? Are you a digital teenager to all intents and purposes? Or, rather, do you think that there is no just one way to be a digital teenager?

From time immemorial media have concerned your habits; during the last years very frequent are also articles, investigations and reports about teenagers' behaviors in the digital area, as is proved by this article from “BBC News”, one of the most important broadcast news organisation in the world, or by this episode from “MediaVBlog”.

Just using the social network like YouTube and Facebook, many young people also testify directly their communicative practices, as in this example, a bit paradoxical, but surely very funny, so that also a response to it spread on the Net:

Facebook is actually an irony object, as this video testifies:

Is internet good or bad for teenagers? It has no sense to give a sharp and not well reasoned answer; it is better to try to make an own critical opinion about it, solid, flowing, keeping in mind the fact that, compared with some years ago, easy enthusiasms have dampened and alarms have increased.

This activity guides you in this direction. We believe that it could last between three weeks and a month, depending on the possible occasions of working on the subject in a week.