Tag Archives: teens
Text Messaging and Teenagers
Outside of text messaging, many teens are lacking in general knowledge and real world values. I had to put this to a test to prove that this epidemic was real. In my experience in having conversations with teenagers, it’s conclusive that they lack in general knowledge. I quizzed two teenagers on two simple questions below. [...]
Full StoryWhen Social Networks Fry The Brain
There are many social networks such as; Facebook, MySpace, StumbleUpon, and Twitter. These social hangouts could be detrimental for teenagers on how they act, think and speak. If you have an addiction to a social network like MySpace this could be a problem. I know someone who could care less if bombs were dropping as [...]
Full StorySex Assaults Surface on Facebook
It was MySpace turning over 90,000 sex offender’s names yesterday and now Facebook has its own sex crime to deal with. The social network Facebook caters to an adult fan base, where as MySpace is a stomping ground for mostly teens. MILWAUKEE – An 18-year-old male student is accused of posing as a girl on [...]
Full StoryMySpace Teens at Risk
In one of our recent blogs called “MySpace Affecting our Teens” we mention how teenagers use the popular social network MySpace more for a popularity contest than anything else, which poses a risk. These risks could range from sexual behavior to violence. We all remember the Lori Drew cyberbully case that made headline news in [...]
Full StoryJurors Begin Deliberating Over MySpace Hoax
The fate of a Missouri mother accused of conspiring in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl’s suicide is now in the hands of a jury. In Monday’s closing arguments, prosecutors stressed the emotional component — the suicide of Megan Meier who was allegedly drawn into an Internet ruse devised by Lori [...]
Full StoryFlorida Teen Commits Suicide on WebCam
A message popped up next to the live webcam broadcast of Abraham Biggs lying motionless on his bed, followed by LOL and “hahahah.” Biggs was motionless. The 19-year-old Broward College student really did commit suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live Internet audience, as some computer users egged him on and [...]
Full StoryMySpace Affecting our Teens
There are many ways to win a popularity contest and MySpace isn’t one of them. It’s a site mostly made up of teenagers that are in a race against other peers on who has the most friends, and who is the coolest. It could lead to bigger issues like sharing too much information or too [...]
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