Millions of young people are creating blogs. Millions of
others are reading them. The word "blog" is a short way of saying Web
log. Many popular (36) now offer free, easy
ways to create personal Web pages and fill them with writings and pictures. Many
young adults use their blogs to write about daily (37) and
events in their lives. They also provide a place for people to write their ideas
and (38) and react to the ideas of others.
Blogs offer young people a place to show their writings and other forms of
(39) . Blogs can also be helpful to connect young people with
larger social groups. But some researchers say the (40)
harmless blogs can become dangerous when read on the (41) by
millions of people all over the world. People are (42)
that students are including information in their blogs that create a
threat to their own (43) and safety. (44)
. This personal information puts them at risk of being sought out by
dangerous people who want to harm them. (45)
One way to avoid these problems is by using programs
that permit blogs to be read by "friends only". (46) .