This One's Lightweight, Yet Deadly Serious

Today we discussed a study that was released this week by Stanford University researchers that found that a significant percentage of anexorics and bulimics visit chat rooms and websites that perpetuate their illness. There are places on the web where often underage sufferers of eating disorders gather and share tips that make their conditions worse.

Rebecka Peebles, an eating disorder specialist and one of the authors of the study, said that these Internet sites aren't really controllable given the open and interactive nature of the medium.

The MC101s discussed what to do about damaging online information that is unlikely to be blocked or banned.

Gabcast! Club MediaNote #12