Why are secrets shared in the virtual space? What motivates talking about personal experiences online – and how media-competent are the digital natives really? Nearly all youths and young adults use laptops and smartphones 24/7. Media scholars, media pedagogues, but also psychologists, parents, and teachers have to ponder how communication, identity, and education processes are changing through the increasing internet use. Elisabeth Augustin's empirical study retraces how weblogs are used as coping strategies for life events, and it highlights chances and challenges of mediation.
