Henry Jenkins:Discussion: "MySpace and Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)"

Some things I understand...
Through reading the interview it was hard to keep track of the main point. I had to keep going back and forth thinking about what was trying to be said. It seemed that the only words sticking in my mind were MySpace and Facebook. While reading I could understand all of the controversy that was being brought up about these communication website. Should school allow them, should we teach students about them, are they safe, who should use them.... All of these questions are relevant and important. Unfortunately, not everyone will agree with the same answer and this is what makes it difficult. Yes, I do think there is harm that can happen through the interent, but it can happen anywhere. Teens should be allowed to use the internet including MySpace and Facebook. It allowes them to chat with their friends and stay in touch. Although I think they should be able to use it I think they need to be taught about it first and that parents should monitor it. Parents should most definately take the time to "learn the system" and be able to know what their child is doing.
Some things I don't understand...
>> Why do schools want to take away internet access?
>>Do parents monitor what their children do on internet and the computer?
>>Why do their have to be sick-o's in the world; lurking, searching, and harming those through the internet?
Connections...
>> The interview relates to Prensky's "Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants" article. People of this time are digital natives so of course they are going to encounter in every online aspect that there is.
>> The interview made me think of the MEDIA MATTERS assumption. It stated in the interview that if you did not have MySpace then you don't exist. This shows how important the media is looked at, it is sad, but very true. Teens are sucked into this idea of needing to have the latest things and being vitrually connected to their friends at all times.
Questions/Comments/Points to Share...
>> I think that MySpace and Facebook can be dangerous to those that are younger. It give them a chance to do things like lie about age, be friend with people that they really don't know, and portray themselves as someone that they are not.
>>I absolutely think that schools should educate the students on the do's and don't of these website and the harms that can come from them.
>> I think that teens and other like to use MySpace and Facebook people it makes them feel like everyone else (there can be no outsiders everrrrrr). Also, I think for the younger teens it makes them feel older and more independent. But, they do not realize that there are sick people in the world and what they think might be innocent fun can turn into danger.