Social Media Savvy Teen Self-Expression and Communication in a Digital Era
How has access to mobile technology changed student learning?
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The Heart of Social Media Influence
- The Need for Acceptance • Extend their net of search • Categorize their friends • Temptation to trust this online platform
- The Need for Acceptance - Answers to Life's Questions • Searching for answers to their troubles • Relief from their emotional and mental pain • Easier to ask the hard questions
- The Need for Acceptance - Answers to Life's Questions - Looking for an Identity • Learn more about who they want to be • Social media becomes an influential teacher • Moral, ethical and intellectual values are formed by what they read and experience
- The Need for Acceptance - Answers to Life's Questions - Looking for an Identity - The Popularity Contest • Earn money and fame
- The Need for Acceptance - Answers to Life's Questions - Looking for an Identity - The Popularity Contest - Sharing of Face and Body • Selfies to enlist responses and comments • Boost attractiveness in search of GF/BF
How to Shine Online
Light Bright Polite = Smart = Positive and Fun = You’re Proud of It Think First
Your posts are like buttons on an elevator… …they take you up… or they take you down.
How to Upset Your Teacher OMG. This class is SOOO lame. I’m ready for I’d rather be the weekend watching TV.
How to Upset Your Coach The other We’re up by football team 24 points! sucks! I hope Go Warhawks! they lose.
How to Be Dramatic My boyfriend just broke up So lucky that I with me. have friends to Crying now. support me! :) He was a waste of my time.
How to Upset Your Cheer Team Our cheer team I think next year needs help. I’m trying out for They’re not the cheer team :) very good :(
How to Get Fired Who is the hiring Cisco just offered manager? I’m sure me a job! Now I have they would love to to weigh the fat know that you will paycheck against hate the work. We the daily commute here at Cisco are and hating the work. versed in the Web.
Print Out Your Profile Do you feel comfortable printing out your Instagram or Twitter page for a college application?
Volunteer Ideas - Animal Shelter - Habitat for Humanity - Hospital - Walking a Neighbor’s Dog - Senior Home - Red Cross
Social Media Message Formula Classy Group Photo + Thank You + Organization Name + Activity + Outcome
Hottest Apps Facebook - The Grandfather Twitter - 140 Character updates Instagram - Picture and video with filters Vine - 6 second looping videos SnapChat - Temporary video and pictures Tumblr - Micro-blogging site
TWITTER WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Twitter for Teens - Safe place to share thoughts and feelings away from parents - Public tweets are the norm - No age restrictions - Promotional tool for celebs
What to Know - Tweets can be deleted, but retweets from others won’t be removed - Anyone can contact your kid publicly - Kids use direct messages to talk privately to each other - To find kids on Twitter, you need to know their @usernames
What You Can Do - Check their tweets - Don’t reply or retweet their tweets - Suggest setting their profile to private - Report offensive content
INSTAGRAM CAPTURE AND SHARE THE WORLD'S MOMENTS. AGE 13+
Instagram (Insta) - Users snap, edit, and share square photos and 15-second videos -- either publicly or with a network of followers - Unites popular features of sharing and commenting on photos/videos - Public photos are the default
What to Know - Teens work hard to get more followers and collect as many likes as possible - Self worth is based on how many likes and comments they get - Private messaging is now an option - Mature content can slip in
What You Can Do - Follow your kids - Don’t comment or like their posts - ifttt.com: get an email every time your kid posts on Instagram
VINE EXPLORE A WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL, LOOPING VIDEOS
Vine - 6 second looping videos - Shared directly with FB or Twitter - Collect views and ‘revines’ - Some show and promote their talents
What to Know - Full of inappropriate videos - Public accounts and videos visible for everyone (even without registration) - Vines show up in Google results - Age limit was raised from 12 to 17+
What You Can Do - To see videos or to follow your child, you need to know their username - Suggest to setting page as private - If they don’t want you (their parent) to see it, they shouldn’t post it
SNAPCHAT AGE 13+
Snapchat - Lets users put a time limit (1-10 sec) on the pictures and videos they send before they disappear - Recently added live video chat - Snapchat Stories: live for 24 hours and can be viewed again and again
Interesting Facts - 70% of all users are female - 32% of all teens in US at the age 13 to 17 years old use snapchat - Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel recently turned 24 - Most popular feature is Stories
What to Know - Data is data: Whenever anything is sent online, it never truly goes away - It can make sexting seem OK - Photos/videos can be saved using a screenshot or 3rd party app - Introduced Snapcash this week
What You Can Do - Emphasize respect toward self and others - Have the conversation about what is appropriate
TUMBLR MICROBLOGGING PLATFORM AND SOCIAL NETWORK
Tumblr A cross between a blog and Twitter: it's a stream of text, photos, and/or videos and audio clips
What to Know - Porn is easy to find - Privacy can be guarded, but only through an awkward workaround - Posts are often copied and shared. Kids want their posts reblogged
Current Trends Anonymous Apps
Anonymous Apps Self-expression in ways not able in the real world VS Inappropriate content and bullying behavior
Anonymous Apps Ask.fm - Ask and answer questions posted Yik Yak - Local community bulletin board
ask.fm A social site that lets kids ask questions and answer those posted by other users anonymously
ask.fm
ask.fm
What to Know - Q&As can appear on FB & Twitter - You can view your child’s profile - Inappropriate questions should be reported and deleted - If you threaten someone else you can get caught by the police
Yik Yak Local bulletin board (1.5-mile radius) showing the most recent posts from other users around you – Yik Yak Some students have compared it to a virtual bathroom wall where users post vitriol and hate – CNN
Yik Yak Popular at Universities
Yik Yak
Yik Yak
What to Know - Requires access to your location - Yik Yak has 17+ age restriction (you can restrict app download) - Doesn’t require creating an account or access to your contact list - Anonymous posts end up public and police can still find them
VS DIRECT MESSAGING APPS WhatsApp and Kik Messenger help kids bypass text messaging and communicate with their friends using the app
Direct Messaging Messages sent via Wi-Fi or phone data plan. Kik - Uses usernames WhatsApp - Uses contacts
WhatApp Vs Kik
WhatsApp Rated 16+ - No user names, instead you verify by using your phone number - Users can share location and share contacts with other users - Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in February 2014
Kik Rated 17+ - Keep usernames private - Use different usernames for Kik, Twitter, Instagram or Tumblr accounts - Allows users to ignore new contacts and block unwanted contacts - Deleted messages stay on the recipient’s phone
Cyberbullying 43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 had it happen more than once. 70% of students report seeing frequent bullying online. 68% of teens agree that cyber bullying is a serious problem. Only 1 in 10 victims will inform a parent or trusted adult.
Tips to Promote Safe Social Networking
Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015
Wrap Up Keep posts Light, Bright, and Polite Give kids space on social media Private profiles are preferred Where Should You Be? LinkedIn, Google Plus, YourDomain.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram
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