Posts Tagged ‘Virginia’

Murderous lyrics on MySpace land man in jail – msnbc.com

A man claimed that lyrics posted on his MySpace page, in which he muses on slitting throats and choking, was artistic expression, and not a threat against his estranged girlfriend. The Virginia Court of Appeals disagreed, saying that a threat is a threat …

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Murderous lyrics on MySpace land man in jail – msnbc.com

A man claimed that lyrics posted on his MySpace page, in which he muses on slitting throats and choking, was artistic expression, and not a threat against his estranged girlfriend. The Virginia Court of Appeals disagreed, saying that a threat is a threat …

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Murderous Lyrics on Myspace Land Man in Jail – msnbc.com

A man claimed that lyrics posted on his Myspace page, in which he muses on slitting throats and choking, was artistic expression, and not a threat against his estranged girlfriend. The Virginia Court of Appeals disagreed, saying that a threat is a threat …

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Va. Beach man loses appeal over Myspace threat – HamptonRoads.com

A threat is a threat, whether it’s communicated directly to a person, or in the case of John Andrew-Collins Holcomb, over Myspace, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. In what could be the first decision of its kind in the state, the appeals court …

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Teens Use Facebook To Improve Existing Friendships

While parents often have concerns about allowing their teens to use social media sites like Facebook and MySpace, a new study by University of Virginia psychologists indicates that well-adjusted youth with positive friendships use these sites to improve the positive relationships they already have.

However, they cautioned teens who have behavioral problems and difficulty making friends, or who are depressed, may be more likely to use social media in negative and sometimes aggressive ways.
Amori-Mikami
"We were interested to find that the best-adjusted young people were far more likely to use social media as an extension of their positive friendships, while less socially adept youth either did not have Facebook or MySpace pages, or, if they did, were more likely to use these sites in less-than-positive ways," said U.Va. psychology professor Amori Yee Mikami, the study’s lead author.