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Article: Online social networking: sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Xanga are transforming teen cultures.
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- District Administration
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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On a fateful day in November, only 400 out of 3,000 students showed up for classes at San Antonio's Warren High School, after threats against the school were posted on the popular free online social network site MySpace. The warnings said two boys were planning to use guns to shoot up the school, and most of the students stayed home out of fear for their lives. Teachers and administrators were in a "high state of anxiety," says Pascual Gonzales, executive director of communications for the district, and extra police were called to the school.
Although it was a prank that got out of hand, and the involved students were arrested, the incident demonstrates the power ...