The article in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin leads with two examples of high school students videoing and posting fights on YouTube.com. But the story's about a deeper question schools are grappling with in the face of something school administrators admit they don't fully understand: how to deal with out-of-school online behavior that can affect school safety. "Critics say [social-networking] sites … [Read more...] about Schools: Control or communicate?
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Online socializing: Latest data
The Top 10 social-networking sites now reach a whopping 45% of active Web users, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, which just released its latest figures on the phenomenon's growth and popularity. Together, the ten sites have grown 47% in the past year (from 46.8 million unique visitors in April 2005 to 68.8 million last month). "The two biggest surges came from MySpace, which grew from 8.2 million … [Read more...] about Online socializing: Latest data
Mobile uploads
Just as social-networkers soon won't need computers to use MySpace, video and photo uploaders won't need computers either. Now young video producers can upload their homemade films to YouTube.com with their cellphones, CNET reports. "A growing number of handheld devices are capable of recording video. YouTube wants to disconnect users from their Web cams and computers," according to CNET, which is … [Read more...] about Mobile uploads
MySpace passe?
Hardly. But young interests do move on, and here's an early sign: "MySpace is just so last year" in the Wichita Eagle. The Eagle leads with the experience of high school sophomore Lula Larios, who has moved on to Bebo.com, a more closed social-networking site along the lines of Facebook.com. The key is that her peer group appears to be at Bebo too. Teens don't switch services individually, it … [Read more...] about MySpace passe?
Self-made celebrities
Remember how we used to say that people like to see themselves in print? Well, it's still true. And it's true of our kids. Only now they can see their comments, photos, and self-produced and -edited songs, podcasts, and ski and skateboard videos "on the air" (in Xanga, MySpace, YouTube, etc.). And some of them are becoming self-made celebrities (because their celebrity draws traffic, spawns viral … [Read more...] about Self-made celebrities