Post on 08-Jul-2015
Social MediaPositives
Networking opportunities
Promotes organizations
Keeping in touch with
individuals
Find support in online
communities
Can be diverse
Negatives
Increase exposure to cyberbullying
Increase harassment
Increase eating disorders
Decrease self esteem
Increase depression
Increase stress
Increase addiction
Decrease productivity
Decrease physical activity
Self Esteem & Confidence
Positive
Social skill development
Express yourself
Negative
Social media disrupts your
real-world thoughts and
interactions
You find yourself envious
about what others are
promoting
Body Image
Positive
No makeup selfies
You choose what to put on
your accounts
Negative
Sexualized pictures
Binge drinking (underage) &
substance abuse
Eating disorders
Real World
Positive
Inclusion (wide range of
networking)
Cultural and Political
Awareness
Negative
Exclusion (secret/ private
groups)
Addiction
Hacking/ Identity thief
You measure your success
by others
1. An average Facebook user has 130 friends
2. 23% of Facebook users check their account 5
or more times a day
3. 85% of women are annoyed by their friends on
4. 250 million photos are uploaded everyday on
5. Links about sex are shared 90% more than any
other link
6. Obama’s victory Facebook post was the most
liked photo on Facebook with over 4 million
likes
1. Since the dawn of Twitter, a total number of 163
billion tweets have been sent
2. Twitter is projected to make a total of $540
million in advertising revenue by 2014
3. 11 accounts are created every second on
1. Nearly 4 billion photos have been shared on
Instagram since its beginning
2. Top 5 of the top 100 hashtags are:
a) #love
b) #instagood
c) #me
d) #tbt
e) #cute
1. 97% of Pinterest users are female
2. American users of Pinterest spend an average
of 1 hour 17 minutes on the site
3. Number 1 category of content is Food
Stats.
94% of teens have a Facebook account (12- 17 years)
95% of social media using teens have witnessed
cruel behaviour on social networking sites
90% of social media using teens have ignored mean
behaviour on Facebook
81% of youth argue that bullying online is easier to
get away with than bullying in person
Cyberbullying …
DEFINITION - is the use of information technology to harm or harass other people in a deliberate, repeated, and hostile manner
A Canadian study found:
23% of middle-schoolerssurveyed had been bullied by e-mail
35% in chat rooms
41% by text messages on their cell phones
41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.
“Valid” Reasoning?
To show off to their friends
To be mean
To embarrass someone
Fun or entertainment
They deserved it
To get back at someone
Coping Strategies
Remove the temptation
Especially at night
Set time limits for social media use
Plan a social networking detox
Find something else to do
Promotions
Special advertisements
Contests / Giveaways
Endorsements
Limitations
Restaurants having a cell
phone ban
Individuals having a “pick
up the ring, pick up the bill”
policy
Do your parents/ guardians use social media? Which ones? Why?
Are social networking sites changing our daily behavior?
Should companies ban their employees from using social networking sites at work
If you were asked to “disconnect” (no cell phones or Internet) for a period of two weeks, how easy or hard would it be for you and why?