---
title: "Teens Create Their Own Space Online"
description: "Amanda Lenhart joins Talk of the Nation with guests danah boyd and Parry Aftab in a series of interviews on the phenomenon of the popular social networking website Myspace.com."
date: "2006-02-01"
authors:
  - name: "Amanda Lenhart"
    job_title: "Former Director of Teens and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/amanda-lenhart/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2006/02/01/teens-create-their-own-space-online/"
categories:
  - "Social Media"
  - "Teens & Tech"
  - "Teens & Youth"
tags:
  - "Safety"
  - "Social Networking"
  - "Teens"
---

# Teens Create Their Own Space Online

Pew Internet Senior Research Specialist Amanda Lenhart joins host Lynn Neary and guests danah boyd and Parry Aftab in a series of interviews on the phenomenon of the popular social networking website Myspace.com. The show can be accessed [here.](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5182960)