APOC Administrator's blog

The most recent findings by Ybarra and Mitchell (2008) address the assumption the posting of personal information on social network websites (SNSs) is dangerous. Their results show that when other factors are accounted for, a young person’s posting of personal information online does not significantly increase the likelihood that he or she will be harassed or solicited.

Last semester I taught a groundbreaking course in the Annenberg Program on Online Communities at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication. It’s the first (and as far as I know, the only) one-year MA program that focuses exclusively on building and cultivating online communities. Titled “Technologies for Online Communities,” it’s a grad-level introduction to technical concepts and managerial/collaborative methodologies.