Bog Question: In the novel, The Revealers, the students of Parkland Middle felt connected through SchoolStream or as the students called it KidNet where they were able to chat or instant message. Most of you do this nightly through MSN Messenger. With KidNet and MSN nobody could break into or eavesdrop on your conversation without it being known. Not anymore. Today’s technology allows you to assume the identity of another person. Do you really know whom you are talking to in the cyber world?
It is 10:00 pm on a Wednesday night; you have finished your homework and you are chatting on MSN with three other friends. After 10 minutes two more friends ask to join the chat. By 10:30 pm five more people have joined and it is fun; however, there is a joke said about one of the people, rapidly followed by an insult. At first, no one knows how to respond, then seconds later a message pops up stating, “I didn’t say that! It isn’t me saying these things. Someone is using my name. What is going on here?”
What is the issue involved in this scenario? Why is this serious?
What would be a responsible way to handle this situation?
How could a situation like this be resolved? How would one of the three main characters from The Revealers deal with this situation?
Response: The issue in this scenario is that a boy/girl is hacking someone else's MSN account. He/She is most likely using a hacking program to do this. This is a serious situation, because it is about someone's personality. The person is also being insulted, and a roomer is being spread about him/her. Another reason why this is serious, is because people are hearing a roomer, starting to believe the lie. A responsible way to handle this situation, would be to block the person who is doing all this, or ask him/her to stop doing it in a well behaved manner. A situation like this could be resolved, by getting adults to know this, or deleting the hacking program. I do not think that one of the three characters could deal with this situation, but if one of them could, it would be dealed by "Bullying." But I also think that the three characters from The Revealers could deal with this problem altogether.
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