Social Media for Families Presented by: Susan Chavez
Social Media for Families
Jul 08, 2015
How can families navigate social media when the kids are digital natives and the adults don’t even know what a tweet is? During a special presentation, find out where young people are going on the social web, how to keep kids safe online, and how to teach them to be responsible online citizens.
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Social Media for Families
Presented by: Susan Chavez
Teens & technology
80% own a computer
95% are online
78% have a cell phone
37% have a smart phone
23% own a tablet
58% of all teens have downloaded apps to their cell phone or tablet computer
Where are they?
Social Media: 81%
Facebook: 94%
Twitter: 24%
Instagram: 11%
Tumblr: 5%
Snapchat: 32%
Vine: 25%
Where are they?
Anonymity
Ask.fm
Whisper
Secret
Omegle
Where are they?
Messaging
Kik
Viber
What are teens sharing?
91% post a photo of themselves
71% post their school name
71% post the city/town they live in
53% post their email address
20% post their cell phone number
What are teens sharing?
92% post their real name to the profile they use most often
84% post their interests (i.e. movies & music they like)
82% post their birth date
62% post their relationship status
24% post videos of themselves
What about privacy?51% avoided certain apps due to privacy concerns
26% uninstalled an app because it was collecting personal information they didn’t wish to share
46% have turned off location tracking on their cell phone or app because they were worried about the privacy of their information.
Girls are more likely than boys to say they have disabled location tracking features (59% vs. 37%)
Help!
42% have talked to friends or peers
41% have talked to a parent
37% have asked a sibling or cousin
What companies require
Minimum age of 13 to register
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
What the law says
Web sites & social networks not responsible
Sexting ≠ crime in NJ
Judiciary discretion
See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:4A-71.1.
What can we do
Talk - not lecture
Learn about apps & their ratings
Be firm & consistent
Set up accounts together
Follow
Check in
Talking points
Future orienting
Remember age / development stage
Next week > 10 years from now
Talking points
Nothing EVER disappears
Server data transfer
Screen grabs take less than 1 sec.
Data collection = $
Talking points
Six degrees of separation doesn’t exist
Your friends’ settings may betray your privacy
Third party apps may have different TOS
What else can we do?
Apple Users: Family Sharing (iOS 8)
Windows: My Family
Amazon: Family library (Fire OS 4)
Android: None
Learn moreCommon Sense Media: commonsensemedia.org
Fred Rogers Center: fredrogerscenter.org
Family Online Safety Institute: fosi.org
Be Web Smart:bewebsmart.com
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