Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Sites
Written by Hannah McGechie & Benoît Allain-Melanson on 08/02/09
As the popularity of social networking sites has increased over the past couple years, so have concerns about the negative impacts they can have. We worry about online privacy and predators a lot more, bullies [...]
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Just a Number
Written by Hannah McGechie & Stéphanie C. Houle on 04/02/09
Last fall, a coworker and I went to a conference and spoke about a topic we know a lot about – youth culture online. When we had finished our presentation, a man got up to [...]
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Navigating a Biased World
Written by Hannah McGechie & Benoît Allain-Melanson on 01/02/09
“Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them.”
- Edward Roscoe Murrow
Bias. Stereotyping. Prejudice. Discrimination. Racial profiling. Hate crime. Mere decades ago all were accepted and [...]