What’s You Information Comfort Zone?

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Your child’s reality

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School

Teams

Why Social Networks?

TO SHARE – To or With Others…

Why Social Networks?

TO BELONG

Why Social Networks?

TO CONNECT

Two Major Types of Networks

Friendship-Driven(84% 15-25 YO)

DYP 2008-11

Interest-Driven(80% at least one)

DYP 2008-11

Online experience is expected to be social experience

Online Experience

• 82% of 14-17 yo, 55% of 12-13 (2009-9)• 91% use sites to have online element to

real-life, frequent friends (usually school)• 82% use sites to connect to long-distance

friends• 72% use sites to make plans• 49% use sites to make friends• 17% to flirt

What is Different?

• Feedback and Consequences– Immediate *AND* Long-Term

• Anonymous Audiences• Loss of Control over information• Lack of visual clues to impact

What is going on online?• Worrying things…

– Competition, Showing Off, Damaging Reputations, Pranks, Threatening, Harassing, Bullying, …

– “Sexting”– Exposure to inappropriate content

• But also Great things!– Collaboration, learning, self-expression, self-

discovery, content creation, discussions, activism, building and maintaining relationships, …

Social Networksbecome Social Media

• Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, Flickr, MySpace, Hi5, Buzz, Orkut, Ning, …– Thousands!

• Accessible in MANY ways– Home computers, mobile phones, friends’

computers, public computers, TVs, BluRay, videogames …

“if you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold”

Key Points

• Online Experience is Shared Experience– Online as new commons

• Social Network Social Media– Pervasive across sites and technologies

• Threats, but also immense benefits

Twittering for Tweeps

Social Networking Websites

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Social Networking and Twitter

Social Network Websites What is out there? What are the potential concerns?

Twitter What is it? What are the potential concerns?

What can I do?

Social Networking

• Friendster o Online community connecting friends for 16+

• MySpace and Facebooko A place for Friends who are 13+

• LinkedIno Business networking, 18+

• YouTubeo Sharing videos, 13+ to create account

Social Networking: 13 year olds

Social Networking: No Age Limit

So how do I know this website is appropriate for my child?

What is the minimum age suggested for the website?

Does it allow free chat? What information is public in the

account? What does a Google search tell me

about the site? Does my safety software allow it?

Twitter

Twitter

What is Twitter? How does it work? What is tweeted by Tweeps? What could a parent be concerned

about? Twitter safety tips

What is Twitter?• Miniature Blog• Social Messaging • News Reporting • Social Media Marketing

How does it Work?

What is Tweeted by Tweeps?

Pointless Babble 40%

Conversational 38%

Pass-along value 9%

Self Promotion 6%

Spam 4%News 4%

What could a parent be concerned about?

Addictive nature Flood of information,

(better have unlimited phone plans)

Content of Tweets Recommended for 13+,

but not enforceable Account and Profile

InformationImage Source: http://carrotblog.com/twitter-cigarette/

Account

Account

Profile

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Twitter Safety Tips

1)Never Tweet your phone number or address.

2)Don't tweet specifics about your location. Telling strangers that you're having a great lunch at the Panera Bread on the Expressway is a bad idea.

3)Remember that even private Tweets can occasionally be read.

4)Sometimes Twitter breaks. For the longest time you could even see private Tweets when you used Twitter search.

5)Never give out your Twitter password. It could get very ugly if you had a Twitter-impersonator.

Twitter Safety Tips1)Remember that Tweets can Haunt You for Years to Come2)Even if you delete Tweets, they can be archived by

services such as the Way Back Machine (http://www.archive.org)

3)Only follow people you know in real life.4)Mark your tweets private so that only your friends can

read them. Do this if you intend to share a lot of details about your daily life, so that strangers have to ask permission to get your updates.

Safety Tips

1)Keep Your Profile Information Short and Impersonal.

2)Don't Tweet and Drive.

What can I do?

Take an active role and do your homework

Know what websites you child uses. Create or review all account and profile

settings. Try the websites yourself. You can use a safety software to protect

your younger child. There are free ones out there.

Software?

Two types: Filtering and Monitoring Examples

Net Nanny (for PC, Mac and Phone) Norton Online Family Spector PRO Cyber Sentinel Cyber Patrol IamBigBrother SpyMail, Web Spyware

Facebook – Overview andPractical Safety Advice

http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

Ultimately…

Don’t Panic – You CAN do this!

http://www.chip.pl/news/internet-i-sieci/witryny-internetowe/2010/05/wszechobecny-facebook

Mechanics of Safety

General state of the internethttp://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/

• Assemble a parental/family toolkit• Engage your child at their level• Encourage your child to help with the family’s information plan• Enlist the support of your friends

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Chat Room Awareness• CTRL – H• Nobody here is your close friend• Only give out info that is appropriate according to

your family plan• Choose moderated chat rooms for older kids• Disable your family’s webcam

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Top 5 Facebook Takeaways

1. Use your Friends list 2. Photos3. Privacy settings4. Applications5. Status messages ‘blog like a celebrity’

1. Create a Friends List

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We then repeated the steps to create a ‘Work’ friends list.

2. Securing your Photos• As with most debates about child safety, the risks are

not as severe as many imagine. But neither is posting photos online as safe as many assume.

• Predators are much more likely to look in chat rooms or other sites, where teenagers are suggesting that they may be open to a sexual relationship.

• The real danger is that a photo is appropriated and mistreated.

Photos

• Secure your albums• Restrict who you share

it with• Using initials ensure

they are carried over to albums

• Share this info with friends

• Post ‘older’ photos

• No kids as profile pics• No kids as top 5 tags• Crop out location

characteristics

DontsDos

3. Privacy Settings

Facebook’s Trying but….

4. Application Awareness

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5. Status Messages

• Share your likes • Share ‘Seinfeld’ situations• Share funny videos• Share funny links• Vaguebook• Start a poem

• Reporting your location in sametime• Giving out personal details• Arranging meetings on your wall• Announcing your plans• Announcing your friends’ plans• Griping about your boss/school

Blog like a Celebrity Try to find another way

Top 5 Facebook Takeaways

1. Use your Friends list 2. Photos3. Privacy settings4. Applications5. Status messages ‘blog like a celebrity’

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

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Twitter http://socialmediatoday.com/pamdyer/115191 /top-1

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http://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics

References

http://www.squidoo.com/twittersafetytips Fathi, Sandra (2009). Internet Safety for Parents and Kids

[PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from www.slideshare.net Lee, MinXuan (2008) How Twitter Changed My Life from

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2009" (PDF). Twitter Study Reveals Interesting Results About Usage. San Antonio, Texas: Pear Analytics. Retrieved Jun 3, 2010

Boyd, Danah (August 16, 2009). "Twitter: "pointless babble" or peripheral awareness + social grooming?". Retrieved September 19, 2009.

McKeon,Matt (2010) Facebook Privacy from mattmckeon.com

INTERNET SAFETY & CYBERBULLYING WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS LOCATED ON SLIDESHARE.NETSTARTING FEBRUARY 10, 2011

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