There are very few TV shows that I like enough to actually work into my nightly schedule. With the writer's strike, it's even less. Tuesdays, I'll admit, are usually dedicated to the heartfelt and motivating weight-loss stories of NBC's Biggest Loser, but tonight I'm switching things up. (But still rooting for the Orange team!)
PBS's Frontline prides itself on "thought provoking journalism on air and online," and more often than not it delivers. Tonight at 9p.m. eastern they are airing a new special called "Growing Up Online."
In "Growing Up Online," FRONTLINE peers inside the world of this cyber-savvy generation through the eyes of teens and their parents, who often find themselves on opposite sides of a new digital divide. From cyber bullying to instant "Internet fame," to the specter of online sexual predators, FRONTLINE producer Rachel Dretzin investigates the risks, realities and misconceptions of teenage self-expression on the World Wide Web.
The documentary also glimpses into the phenomenon of social networking, plagiarism and the disappearance of paper media in schools; all relevant topics to a journalism student like myself and worth a watch this evening. Here's a preview from PBS:
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