Week 7-Response to Joe's Blog:

I appreciated Joe's comments in regards to youth culture and youth subcultures. One of things that still baffles me, is the attraction to facebook and myspace. I think there is something to be said when students would rather communicate emotional, mental, or spiritual on the website. There seems to be some sort of "safety" to the whole thing. I think one of the reasons why students are so attracted to these online communities is for two reasons: one being it is a safe place for them to be in and two it is the only world they feel like people can relate to them. Students desire to be heard and it seems as though they feel the only way they will be heard is through the internet. Technology has evolved into this huge machine that we haven't fully tapped into, but to students this is their life and they love to be connected to someone or something on the internet. Further, text messaging is now the primary source of communication for students and again it is a safe space for them, to get away, and continue to live in their world without any interruptions from adults.