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Wayne Chiang (23) was mistaken by some as the VT shooter--partly because his Facebook profile includes references to graduating from Virginia Tech and several photos of him with his gun collection. At first, Chiang says he "played along with it" on his personal web page, partly to see how much money he could make, since payment from the ads he places on his site are based on the number of hits. -
2voteVideo-game players often hold radically different views on what constitutes cheating. Today's digital fare represents the first time we've argued about the precise meaning of cheating.
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2vote"For most teens, the internet mirrors the dynamics that take place offline. Bullies offline are bullies online. Yet, because adults typically only see the online exposures, they think that they are just bullies or troubled online." danah also talks about a form of mobile phone bullying called text bombing.
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1voteCyber bullies are even forcing their girlfriends to undress in front of webcams and then sharing the images with others online. "Girls might send it to their boyfriend and she is pressured to do it thinking he's just going to see it. So she gives in and the next thing you know it's all over (the place)."
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1voteTRENTON, Ohio --Two teenage girls posted a fake announcement on their school district's Web site that said school was closed for the day due to winter weather, police said. RCH helped the district track down the girls by supplying the identification numbers from computers that accessed the system, which authorities could then track to the girls' homes.
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1voteSeveral states are considering crackdowns to curb or outlaw the behavior. South Carolina has already passed a law that allows schools to punish cyberbullying and Rhode Island, Oregon, Arkansas and New Jersey are mulling such policies. Some bills have gotten held up due to free speech concerns. Some people say that you can't legislate norms, you can only teach them.
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Author's quote: "we’re living in frontier country right now." Clay Shirky & danah boyd are quoted in the article. The author argues that 3 major changes define today's teens: 1) they think of themselves as having an audience 2) they're archiving their adolescence 3) they have a thicker skin than we do. -
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There's a not-so-highlighted number in the Pew report that i find very interesting though. 84% of teens have posted messages to a friend's profile or page. This practice may signal something very interesting. Teens are primarily writing "private" messages to each other through this feature. By speaking in the witness of others, it's a lot harder to spread hearsay (or fabricated IM messages).
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