MySuicideSpace
Myspace suicide study:
From the “You’ve got to be kidding me” department or the “Only in Florida” department comes this story…
Tampa, Florida - Researchers at The University of South Florida want to study whether popular web sites like MySpace that have memorials and farewells to dead members prompt them to commit suicide.
Doctor Ilene Berson and a USF faculty team are seeking funding to study whether social networking web sites create a suicide contagion effect.
The popularity of MySpace has given rise to MyDeathSpace.com. The site archives profiles of deceased MySpace members.
Berson says adults get concerned when a young person who kills themselves is highlighted in a newspaper or web site because they worry other kids will hear about it and relate with that young person, especially if everyone is saying all these wonderful things.
I think now we can officially declare MySpace the new Judas Priest or the new videogames. It’s only a matter of time before MySpace has its own Tipper Gore or Jack Thompson.
Remember kids, correlation does not imply causation.
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