Roman Espejo

Should social networking web sites be banned? / Roman Espejo, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. - 106 p. ; 23 cm. - At issue series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-101) and index.

MySpace and other social networking websites should be banned / MySpace and other social networking websites should not be banned / MySpace should be used as a teaching tool and not be banned / MySpace and other social networking websites are dangerous for children and teens / Fear of MySpace is generated by backlash / Sexual predators use MySpace and other social networking websites to find victims / Social networking websites may be used to distribute child pornography / MySpace takes measures to safeguard minors from predators and explicit content / Schools should intervene and punish students for harassment and delinquency on social networking websites / Punishing students for their activities on social networking websites is inappropriate / Social networking websites have benefits for children and teens / Social networking websites reveal class divisions / The military has legitimate reasons to ban MySpace and other social networking websites / The military ban on MySpace and other social networking websites lowers morale / Michael G. Fitzpatrick -- Bart Stupak and American Library Association -- Christopher Harris -- Domenick Maglio -- Kevin Poulsen -- John Carlin -- InformationWeek -- Julia Angwin and Brian Steinberg -- Duff, White & Turner, LLC -- Maggie Thompson -- Jan Farrington -- Danah Boyd -- Erika Morphy -- Todd Garvin.

ISBN: 9780737740585 (hardcover) 9780737740592 (pbk.) 0737740582 (hardcover) 0737740590 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007048658

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Internet and teenagers.
Online social networks.
Internet
debates

LC Class. No.: HQ799.2.I5 / S56 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 302.23/1