Adolescents on the net: internet use and well-being.
Among adolescents, the Internet has become indispensable for instrumental purposes such as school work and information gathering, as well as for communication purposes. The communication applications of the Internet, such as e-mail, instant messaging, blogs, and chat rooms have entrenched themselves in the lives of adolescents (Boneva, Quinn, Kraut,...

Online services: Boon or Bane?
Byline: Daniel Miles Online communication services, including MySpace, Facebook, personal blogs and chat rooms, have been almost universally derided by our society. When they appear on the news, it is almost always with regard to some dangerous or imprudent posting - a minor endangered because...

The case of a teenager who committed suicide after being bullied online shows that the Internet can be a weapon against the psychiatrically vulnerable. What can we do to help these patients?
Articles about a 13-year-old girl who killed herself in the wake of harassment on the Internet shed light on a problem that is both despicable and disastrous. The girl, Megan Meier, reportedly was overweight and an object of teasing at her school. Megan had been in contact...

Internet seduction: online sex offenders prey on at-risk teens.
Widespread fears that online sexual predators mainly target naive children are largely inaccurate, according to a new study of Internet-initiated sex crimes. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Instead, the vast majority of online sex offenders are adults who contact vulnerable 13- to 17-year-olds and seduce them into sexual...

Remote relationships in a small world.
9780820486291 Remote relationships in a small world. Ed. by Samantha Holland. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2008 296 pages $32.95 Paperback Digital formations; v.41 HM1106 Anthropology, mental health, and media...

Sex harassment rates on social sites lower than expected.
Use of social networking Web sites poses no greater risk of sexual solicitation and harassment of children than do other online behaviors, according to the results of an e-mail survey of 1,588 preteens and teens. "Our findings suggest that online interpersonal victimizations do not seem to occur...

Sex plea sinks teacher; Nude photos sent via Web.
Byline: Jean Laquidara Hill LEOMINSTER - Scott A. Simoncini forfeited his job as history teacher and department head at West Boylston Middle/High School when he pleaded guilty yesterday in Leominster District Court to four counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor. Mr. Simoncini, 35,...

Stale news is best: Aye Chan Myate worked in a newsroom in Rangoon that was like no other. She looks back on a typical day.
The morning sun enters my room quietly. Though I don't want to leave bed just yet, today is Monday, deadline day. So, I have to report at work as early as possible. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I am under a lot of pressure--both at work and in...

Obama and Clinton wired differently.
Byline: Don Kahle For The Register-Guard "We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." When Barack Obama offers these words and others like it, is he uttering some profound insight into human and social development? Or is it just so...

Finding true love on the net.
Byline: Therese J. Camet Been there, done that. Still not lucky in love? You've been in a few serious relationships, have been on several dates, and still haven't got any luck. You're still searching for Mr./Ms. Right. Perhaps that special someone is just...