Social Networking Sites and Apps Social Media What it is Things to be aware of: App Snapchat A messaging app that lets  It’s not true that users put a time limit on SnapChats go away the pictures and videos permanently-they are they send before they stored somewhere disappear.  The images can be accessed through hacking  It can make sexting seem okay-eliminates the risk in teens minds Kik This site allows you to  Easy to send messages send texts, pictures, and to a larger network of videos. It allows you to people talk to strangers and  Possible to have exchange virtual greeting anonymous contact with cards. strangers  There are various forms of marketing Omegle An anonymous chat client  Users get paired with through which users strangers-that’s the discuss anything they’d premise of the app like. Its conversations are  The app has been typically filled with lewd implicated in cases of language and references sexual predators of to sexual content, drugs teens and alcohol, and violence.  This app is filled with people searching for sexual conversations and offers links to porn websites  Very crude language Whisper It is designed to be a  The scenarios can be social “confessional” app hard to stomach that allows users to post  There’s plenty of whatever’s on their minds. inappropriate content Users type a confession,  Some use Whisper to add a background image, solicit others for sex and share it. This app is  Whispers can go public which can lead to intended for youth 17 and entertainment sites older. picking up on the content that is posted Yik Yak A geographically based  This app has been at the anonymous-chat app that heart of many lets users send photos controversies and news and texts to people near stories because people their location. have used it to make violent threats against other people and institutions  The culture is usually rude and offensive  Individuals can get into legal trouble based on what they say Line A multifaceted text, video,  Includes a feature called and voice-messaging app “Hidden Chat”-users can that also integrates social choose how long they media elements such as want their message to games and group chats. be seen before disappearing  Many of the things within the app costs additional money  Minors need parental approval before signing up for the app Ask.fm A social site that lets kids  Lots of mean comments ask questions and answer  Sexual posts those posted by others.  Bullying is a concern  Individuals can remain anonymous Burn Note A messaging app that  It claims to delete erases messages after a everything permanently set period of time. It’s  Anyone can receive a limited to text; users can’t Burn Note-Kids can send pictures or videos. unwillingly get involved  It could encourage cyber-bullying since there is not a record of the conversation taking place

Reference: Common Sense Media. (2016). Retrieved on April 13, 2016: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/snapchat-kik-and- 6-more-iffy-messaging-apps-teens-love#