Wikipedia Assignment

Since the focus of my research project is how the internet has changed child abduction and how the internet helps find missing children, I thought that focusing on a popular networking website, like Myspace might be beneficial.

Currently on Wikipedia, Myspace is comprised of about 17 headings explaining thoroughly what the website is about. I plan to add a heading to the entry, particularly under Child Safety. I am not quite sure what I'm going to title the heading yet. Probably something along the lines of Myspace and Missing Children. The sources I will use for my entry will be news articles found on the internet explaining partnerships and what Myspace has done to help make the networking websites, like itself, or the internet in general,be a safer place for children.

For example, Myspace and Sentinel Tech donated new database technology to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help with their online safet investigations. The article is available on the website for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. I have included the link:http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3045

Myspace has also formed a partnership with a non profit organization called Enough is Enough, whose main priority is to make the internet safer for children. They deal with child pornography, child stalking, and sexual predation on the internet. The article is available on the organization's website:http://www.enough.org/inside.php?id=13BGG1DG8


I am still getting the hang of the posting process on Wikipedia though, but I'm sure I'll get it! :)