Tweet, Retweet, Hashtag, Insta What??? Understanding the Benefits, Pitfalls, and Dangers of Social Media
Kara Klein, BS, CCLS Program Coordinator Amber McKeen, BS Child Abuse Prevention Trainer Stephanie V. Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
1 Social Media 411
• What is social media? – Interaction among people who create and share/exchange information and ideas in “virtual networks” – Uses mobile and web based technology – Not just “social sharing” – Social networking
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• GPS – Geotagging adds geographical identification to media
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 3 Have an iPhone? Grab it!
• Go to your Settings
• Then Privacy
• Now Location Services
• Scroll ALL the way to the BOTTOM – System Services • Then select Frequent Locations – Scroll to History
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 5 How teens use technology to communicate
• Texting vs Calling – Decline in the number of teens who report “talking” on cell phone – Texting is most common form of communication • 63% of teens say they exchange texts everyday • 26% of teens say they talk on the phone everyday • 35% socialize face-to-face outside of school • Smartphones, Tablets, Computers – Social media, Apps • Video games – World of Warcraft, Xbox, PS4, etc
Madden et al., Teens and Technology 2013 (2013). Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Harvard University
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 6 How teens use technology to communicate • Noah • Written, Directed, Produced, Edited by Walter Woodman & Patrick Cederberg For more information contact [email protected] & [email protected]
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 7 Texting
• ‘New’ study suggests teens send around 60 texts a day – The median number of texts (i.e. the midpoint user in our sample) sent on a typical day by teens 12-17 rose from 50 in 2009 to 60 in 2011 – Older teens (14-17) send the most texts – median of 100/day
• Read receipts • Abbreviations • Three dots/little bubbles
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Lenhart, A. Teens, Smartphones and Texting (2013). Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
“Sexting”
• Sending sexually explicit messages, photos or videos primarily via cell phones or other social media • Study conducted in 2011 of 948 high school students in Texas – 28% have sent a naked picture of themselves – 31% have asked someone for a sext – 57% had been asked to send a sext • Sexting dangers include legal consequences – Distribution of child pornography
Temple, JR, et al. Teen Sexting and Its Association With Sexual Behaviors. Article. http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1212181 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 9 Social Media 411
• Hashtags – People search for a specific hashtag – Ex. April showers bring May flowers #rainraingoaway – Ex. Music’s biggest party #coachella – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA
• Importance of “Likes”
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 10 Facebook
• Most used social networking site worldwide • Allows friends to connect by sharing their “status”, photos, articles, etc • Social Status – Teens showing waning interest in FB, yet continue to use it as part of teenage socializing – Teens focus on the maintenance and content of social media presence • Automatic location tagged on posts and photos • Threat of posting harassing or embarrassing information on FB – “tagging”
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 11 Instagram
• Photo-sharing social networking site – Artsy filters, likes • Captions, hashtags, tag friends • “Follow” friends/strangers/celebrities • Screen names
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 12 Instagram
• Pros – Sense of social acceptance – Creativity – Privacy settings • Cons – #snapchat #thot #kikme – Geotagging – Creepy vs popularity
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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 14 Twitter
• 140 character “tweet” limit • Allows people to quickly and easily connect with friends, celebrities, local organizations/businesses, public figures, etc.
- Form of “microblogging” - Retweeting - @username - # Hashtags
- Mean Tweets
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YouTube
• Smart phones allow you to directly upload to Youtube • Imaginary audience (feeling like everyone is watching you) • Dangerous behaviors for attention or to get on TV • Comfortable with creating own videos • The case of Evan Emory
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 16 Tinder
• Dating app • Shows collection of facebook photos to interested parties in area • Demographic 18-32, but getting younger • Press heart if you find person attractive, X if not. If you match you can start chatting
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 17 Blogging/Microblogging
Tumblr – User can post photos, quotes, links, music, and videos from your browser, phone, desktop, email – User can customize look, color etc – People can comment – “banned” for children under the age of 13
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 18 Blogging/Microblogging
• Pros – Can display art, recipes, projects – Self expression, independence • Cons – Self harm and suicide promoting blogs – Porn easy to find – cyberbullying
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 19 Blogging/Microblogging
21 Things You Don’t Understand About Young People If You Were Born Before 1980 http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/x-things-you-dont-understand-about-young- people-if-you-were
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 20 ask.fm
• Social networking site where users can ask other users questions – It can be anonymous – Anyone can see your page/content • Originally based in Latvia – Sited as reason for numerous bullying and suicide attempts, death threats – No one monitors the content • “If you receive a question that makes you uncomfortable for any reason, do not respond to the question.” • Bought in Aug. 2014 by IAC (owner of Ask.com, Tinder & Vimeo) Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 21
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 22 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 23 Whisper
• Encourages users to share secrets (anonymously) • “Express yourself – share secrets – meet new people” • Text expressions of secrets placed over stylized images
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 24 Whisper
• Pros – Ways for people to express themselves and share thoughts and fears • Cons – Cyberbullying – Used to meet people
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 25 Other Anonymous Sharing Apps
• Yik Yak
• Secret
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 26 Messaging Apps
• Alternative to texting – No message limits – Use data or wi-fi • Facebook Messenger – Integrated with the FB chat, mandatory – “free texting from facebook” – Get messages instantly (like a text) • Whatsapp • Voxer • Kik
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 27 kik Messenger
• 200 million users • Children under 13 prohibited- but no age verification • #kikme • Usernames • Pros – Easy way to communicate with friends • Cons – Popular with sexual predators – Chats are easily deleted – Used to “chat” with strangers – No parental controls Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 28
kik Messenger
http://techmarketingbuffalo.com/kik-girls- usernames-names-2013/
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 29 Skype, Facetime, and ooVoo
• Skype – Used for voice, text, video – Available on computers, tablets & cell phones – Local and International calls, text & chats • Facetime - Apple devices only, Android has app alternatives - Video chatting via WiFi or 4G connections • ooVoo - Users can have group chats for free - Teens use it to “hang out” with their friends
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Snapchat
• People exchange pictures and videos which expire after 10 seconds or less • “Pictures disappear” – Screenshot, digging around in the hidden files, taking a picture of the phone with another phone • Save snaps without the senders knowledge Snapbox (ios) Snapchat saver (android) Snapcrack (ios) SaveMySnaps (android) SnapSave (android)
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 31 Snapchat
• “My Story” allows all snapchat friends to see your story (compilation of photos/videos) for 24 hours • “Our Story” complies snaps of major events • New feature- “discover”
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 32 Others…
• Vine • Omegle
• TBH • Pinterest
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Hiding Apps/Phone Settings
• KeepSafe – KeepSafe Safe Send • Vault • Calculator apps – Secret Photo – Smart Hide Calculator – Secret Calculator • iPhone – Settings>General>Restrictions • Android – App Drawer>Home>Settings> Hide Applications Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 34
What can we do? Guidelines for Introducing Conversation
• Be open & honest • Start with a general question • Let your teen be the expert on his/her world • Relate your discussion to things they are interested in
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Create Rules
• Make sure your teen is not spending a lot of time in unsupervised situations • Set guidelines for your teen’s outings • Be aware of what your teens are doing and who they are with • Impose rules on internet use – 40% of adolescents report parents do not impose rules • Keep computers/laptops in common areas • Don’t allow young children to have their own smartphone
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta What you can do
• Familiarize yourself with the technology your teens and young children are using – Continue to keep pace with new trends • Place parental control blocks on internet connected devices • Create joint accounts (make them private) • Turn off geo-location services • Approve followers/friends • Have passwords and let them know you can check anytime
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 38 What you can do
• As a professional – Maintain security on all public devices – Educate parents and children about safe internet usage – Maintain familiarity with emerging trends in technology ˉ Determine extent of problem in your school/community and gather a group of stakeholders to combat the issue ˉ If necessary, implement new policies to monitor Internet use of students
– www.commonsensemedia.org
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 39 Resources- Teen Dating Violence
• National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline: 1-866-331-9474, www.loveisrespect.org • National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
• National Center for Victims of Crime: www.ncvc.org
• Nat’l Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center: www.safeyouth.org
• Choose Respect Initiative: www.cdc.gov/chooserespect
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Resources- Teen Dating Violence
• Safe Dates: Prevention program for dating abuse http://www.crimesolutions.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?ID=142 • Healthy Relationships curriculum http://www.m4c.ns.ca/
• Futures Without Violence http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
• Safety Plans- www.endabuse.org and www.ndvh.org
• Respect Works! http://www.respect-works.com/
• www.commonsensemedia.com
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Resources- Bullying/Cyberbullying
• Programs for peer leaders in schools www.sourcesofstrength.org • Stop Bullying Now: www.stopbullying.hrsa.gov • A Thin Line: www.athinline.org/drawyourline • STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere: www.safeyouth.gov • Teens Against Bullying: www.pacerteensagainstbullying.org • Kids Against Bullying: www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org • Stop Bullying: Speak Up: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/promotion_landing_page/st opbullying/index.html • Youth Frontiers: www.youthfrontiers.org • Bully Bust: www.schoolclimate.org/bullybust • Bi-Annual event to STAND up against bullying www.standupday.com • LGBTQ bullying support www.itgetsbetter.org Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Resources- Bullying/Cyberbullying
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: www.olweus.org • New website launched by the US government launched in March of this year www.stopbullying.gov • Parent guidebook http://www.onguardonline.gov/topics/net-cetera.aspx • State Policies on bullying www.nasbe.org/healthy_schools/hs/index.php • State of Massachusetts model plan for school policy on bullying www.doe.mass.edu/bullying/modelplan.pdf • Center For Safe and Responsible Internet Use: www.cyberbullying.org • National Crime Prevention Council: www.ncpc.org • PACER Center-National Center for Bullying Prevention: www.pacer.org/bullying • PBS Kids GO http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/ • American School Counselor bullying report form
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