Professor Crispin Thurlow in the Times

Posted: 09.06.05

Assistant Professor Crispin Thurlow was quoted in a 9/3/05 Seattle Times article titled "Popular Web site MySpace attracts teens, but some parents concerned":

Teen communication is all about social relationships; now that's just moved online, said Crispin Thurlow, a University of Washington communications professor. "Kids have always wanted to hang out and not tell their parents what they're doing," he said.

As for the provocative language, teens like to "play with the rules, to deliberately break taboos," noted Thurlow, who edited "Talking Adolescence: Perspectives on Communication in the Teenage Years," out later this month. The shorthand instant-messaging lingo adds to the sense that the site is for teens by teens - not adults.

The entire article is available here.