Comments on: Just The Facts About Online Youth Victimization

By: JCW

JCW — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:17:43 +0000

Incredible information. Thanks for sharing that. Such an education.

@ZMan: Who is Mark Lunsford and what has he got to do with these videos?

By: teenage drug rehab

teenage drug rehab — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:01:49 +0000

That’s the one of the major problem now a day’s online scam and the major victims are our teenagers.

By: ZMan

ZMan — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:32:37 +0000

I just saw an interview with Mark Lunsford. He is such a hypocrite. He’s been pushing for strong laws for ALL SEX OFFENDERS and now his son was accused of a sex crime and DOES NOT have to be on the sex offender registry, why? Because of who he is, period…

Mark Lunsford had child porn on his machine, why was he not prosecuted?

There is another man, who lost his daughter as well and he had child porn on his machine, guess where he is now? In prison, so why isn’t Mark Lunsford?

See the info here:
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2007/03/couey-trial.html

I am against abuse of any kind, but once someone is sentenced and does their time, they should be able to integrate into society and live a normal life, these sex offender registries do not allow that, they are punished for life, even for small crimes like urinating in public in a drunken stupor.

What about murderers, drug dealers/users, gang members, DUI offenders, thieves, etc? Why don’t we just have one CRIMINAL registry with ALL criminals on it, regardless of their crime? It’s only fair. Right now, it’s discrimination. So we can tell if our neighbors are murders, drug dealers/users, gang members, etc?

You can read more of my thoughts (if you will) here:
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-thoughts-sex-offender-law-issues.html

And what about these people? I don’t recall any news about them, why not?

You are the news, why are you not reporting this to the American people? HYPOCRISY!!!!

By: RWSims

RWSims — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:08:49 +0000

Just linked through to this from BoingBoing; I loved the entire presentation. Thank you (extends to all 4 panelists) for doing such great work and presenting the facts so well. I *hope* the lawmakers are listening.

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:57:35 +0000

Wow! Awesome information. As a young adult myself, I think much of their research is right on. I identified with a lot of their conceptions of this evolving culture in which kids have to deal with a very new technological social arena. I put up a post on my blog about this, because I think everyone should have access to this information. Spread it!

By: Urza

Urza — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:44:10 +0000

Well DUH! Any teen could have told you that! Doesn’t take too much research to figure that out. (I say this as a 16 year old myself)

By: Sam Jackson

Sam Jackson — Wed, 16 May 2007 21:32:31 +0000

I was there, it was excellent! If you’re sitting here reading the comments instead of watching the video or listening to it or reading the transcript… go now!

By: Chris P

Chris P — Tue, 15 May 2007 11:12:52 +0000

Awesome, thanks so much for linking to the transcript! I do love me the text.

What did folks think of Dr. Finkelhor’s concept of motivating bystanders? I loved danah’s note that the real issue is lack of support from parents (for those who are bullying as well as those who are engaging in online risky behavior) and other family/social support networks. While I think that’s key, is there also a role in trying to teach kids good socialization techniques? Not only how to communicate with each other well, but also how to appropriately react in a community, and how to deal with folks who are acting inappropriately? Right now we seem to have decided that putting them into packed classrooms with minimal supervision is the way to teach this, and I’m not sure that’s really optimal. Right now kids are all pretty much figuring out how to congregate online on their own or through peers, and I wonder if this results in some opportunities missed.

By: Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:42:31 +0000

Danah
An excellent and compelling presentation, as always. I’ve linked to you from my BBC column and mention your comments in the main text – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6654337.stm

Bill T

By: Michael Herzog

Michael Herzog — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:11:18 +0000

And here it is: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BB39CA9F7CB0D88A