Domestic Violence?....

Today I found another article that highlighted the issue that I am researching on social networking that included both positives and negatives. The article is titled “Friend Request or Foe? Confirming the misuse of internet and social networking sites by domestic violence perpetrators” it was written by Laurie L. Baughman who is a senior attorney at the Pennsylvania Coalition against Domestic Violence. The article describes situations that have resulted, from domestic violence and victims, and perpetrators and the use of social networking sites, such as FaceBook and MySpace. The problems included victims that continued the use of their “personal sites” i.e. FaceBook accounts, twitter and MySpace etc, and the person responsible for hurting them continuing to lay abuse on them via their social web pages. Other prominent problems that have been highlighted are that perpetrators are finding their victims and in some instances confrontations ending in death. Although the article has a main focus on negatives of social networking and victims, it also has a small part dedicated to what some of the positives that social networking has with victims. It has been discovered that more and more victims are becoming involved into online support groups and finding help through that way. Overall I found this article as a powerful force; I never knew all the things that could go wrong with social networking and victims of domestic violence, makes you want to be more careful on the internet.