Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101) and index.
Contents:
Mobile social networking software has pros and cons / Gloria Goodale. MySpace and other social networking web sites should not be banned / Bart Stupak ; American Library Association -- MySpace should be used as a teaching tool and not be banned / Christopher Harris -- MySpace and other social networking web sites are dangerous for children / Domenick Maglio -- Social networking plays an important role in young people's lives / Gary Stager -- Sexual predators use MySpace and other networking sites to find victims / John Carlin -- Social networking web sites may be used to distribute child pornography / InformationWeek -- MySpace takes measures to safeguard minors / Julia Angwin and Brian Steinberg -- Schools should punish students for misuse of networking sites / Duff, White & Turner, LLC -- Punishing students for their activities on web sites is inappropriate / Maggie Thompson -- Social networking web sites are beneficial for children and teens / Jan Farrington -- The military has legitimate reasons to ban MySpace and other social networking web sites / Erika Morphy -- The military ban on social networking web sites lowers morale / Todd Garvin -- Social networking sites benefit the political process / Christian Science Monitor -- Social networking sites draw young people to politics / Alexandra Marks -- Social networking sites encourage philanthropy / Christian Science Monitor -- Employers are monitoring social networking sites / Lindsay Edelstein -- Mobile social networking software has pros and cons / Gloria Goodale.
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