Times Daily: Prof discusses stopping crime by using Facebook

Release Date: October 29, 2007 This content is archived.

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An article in the Florence (Alabama) Times Daily on law enforcement agencies using social networking Web sites like Facebook to catch criminals quotes Michael Stefanone, assistant professor of communication, who said, "If you boil away all of the technology and hype, just like 50 years ago, everybody more or less pursues attention. Attention is a form of social power."

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