The conflict between keeping students safe and interfering with educations. Explains the CIPA act but also how some inappropriate content still comes through the filters. Some schools use a variety of methods to prevent the dangers of the web from infiltrating the classroom, including acceptable use policies, internet filtering software or a combination of both.
The study findings give a clear impression that censorship is not generally desirable to institutions. The results of this survey also indicate that many U.S. institutions do not consider this topic important. A significant percentage of academia has yet to develop policies regarding censorship or to identify individuals or groups responsible for making these decisions. Universities have struggled with the issue of what, if any, Internet sites to censor, and how to cut off access to unwanted information. Efforts to censor have also met legal challenges, although not taking action may also create legal problems. Legal and ethical information must clearly be uncensored and made available to all who have an interest. Information that is unethical and illegal must be censored.
In discussing personas and Facebook it was noted, "Social networking sites create relationships of access. A friendship on Facebook is not as much about intimacy as about giving others a role in your identity "performances." This article examines the place virtual identities have in social media
A study which examines how the MMORPG game World of Warcraft can create a sense of tribalism amongst its players. The study asks if some people spend a large amount of their time online in the persona of a cyberbully, is there a time which their online persona and can bleed into their real world interactions?
Article noting that our online personalities may not be so different from our offline personalities after all. Moreover how we interact online can be predictive of how we view ourselves, as opposed to being a construct of social media.
