Bad Taste, Yes. But Pornography?
Another day, another tale of teens “sexting,” or using cell phones to exchange graphic pictures of themselves and/or significant others. [http://tinyurl.com/54wzu2]
Some senders have been charged with possession and distribution of child pornography; recipients have, for the most part, not been punished.
Is this fair? For me, the charge sounds like overkill when applied to sending one’s own picture, but starts to fit the bill when applied to sending pictures of others.
Thoughts?
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3 Comments, Comment or Ping
Rubi Romero
It is very important to educate our children and our teens of the usage of these new technology. During my undergrad program, I did a research about how teen are educated on differnt issues such as; copyright material, what’s an internet crime (stalking, harassement, child pornogrophy), what to do if your a victim and how to respond to an angry e-mail. My findings were really bad. No education was provided to teen in school and the education they received at home was from very limited to none. I think we need to let our legislators know about these issues, so that they can do something about it. We also need to educate parents about it so that they can educate their children and teens about this.
Nov 26th, 2008
Ashley
That must have been a fascinating topic, though I’m not surprised to hear the findings were bad. I used to work at an educational foundation that reported on case studies of schools using technology to enhance learning. We were always looking for successful media literacy and online safety programs — they were hard to come by!
Nov 26th, 2008
Brian Johnson
While I don’t have any children of my own, I believe that the vast majority of internet/technology education needs to come from the parents. Which subject should a teacher devote time to, basic algebra or internet safety and ethics? It is certainly a difficult question to answer. Where do you place the burden of education? At schools where the child will be exposed to the information but possibly at the expense of other education opportunities or at home where they might not be exposed at all?
Parents need to be educated so they can educate their children.
Nov 28th, 2008
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