This third, loosely-related post will concentrate primarily on the New York Times and its excellent education-focused series on cyberbullying. Some of the impetus for the Times coverage appears to have been the tragic suicide of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince which, while occurring largely in a school environment, also involved elements of cyberbullying (texting and websites are [...]

So this is what it looks like when observers and pundits kneejerk all over a new study, seemingly at random singling out [insert latest bête noire du jour of your choice -- in this case: social digital media/technology] for blame. What am I talking about? The recent University of Michigan study which has concluded that [...]

We can discuss the finer points of social networking forever, but the larger question does occur: what is the net (pun not intended) effect on young people of increased (and increasing) electronic relationships? As with most things, it seems the jury is still out. We know that teenagers are increasingly using texting as a significant [...]

First, can I just say that the word “sexting” is really annoying? It sounds like something slightly unsettling performed on a farm while breeding animals or something. Anyway, I mentioned in an earlier post I’d touch on this and, due to the overall exasperation-factor this story provokes, I think I’ve now built enough of a [...]