Media Literacy, Gangs, andn Social Networks

This is a new article found through PBS and learning.now

It talks about how community technology centers are trying to combat gang recruitment of youth by offering computer lab time for at-risk kids. There have been reports that gangs are out there right now using social networks like MySpace to recruit middle-school age kids. But, in this article, the community technology centers (CTCs) are allowing kids to come in after school and hang out on the Internet in a safe way. It doesn't really explain how the CTC staff is policing these websites. But, they are trying to show these kids there is a "good" way to use the Internet and find positive things to do.

A very interesting take on social networking and gangs....