Keeping Kids Safe Online on Social Media

KEEPING KIDS SAFE ONLINE

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA

THE FACTS • 29% of teens have posted mean info, embarrassing photos or spread rumors about someone • 29% have been stalked or contacted by a stranger or someone they don’t know • 24% have had private or embarrassing info made public without their permission • 22% have been cyber-pranked • 90% of victims will not inform a parent or trusted adult of their abuse. • REMEMBER: The psychological and emotional outcomes of cyber bullying are similar to real-life bullying outcomes, except for the reality that with cyber bullying there is often no escape. School ends at a specific time, while the Internet is available all the time.

TEENS INFORMATION ON THEIR SOICALNETWORKING PROFILES: • Real age (50%) • Photos of themselves (62%) • City they live in (41%) • School name/location (45%) • Videos of friends (16%) • Videos of themselves (14%) • Their cell phone number (14%) • Places where they typically go (9%) • 72% of teens have a social networking profile and nearly half (47%) have a public profile viewable by anyone**Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey: Cyberbullying, Sexting and Parental Controls. Cox Communications Teen Online and Wireless Safety Survey in Partnership with the National Center for Missing andExploited Children, 2009

What DoTeenagersDo Online?

TEEN INTERNET USAGE •93% of teens ages 12-17 go online •69% of teens have their own computer •63% of teen internet users go online every day •27% of teens use their phone to get online •73% of teens are on a social network •37% send messages to friends every day •24% of teens with a games console play online http://facebook-parental-controls-review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about-teens-and-social-networking.html

TEENS ON FACEBOOK•86% of social network-using teens comment on a friends wall•83% comment on friends pictures•The average teen has 201 Facebook friends•66% send private messages to friends•58% send IM or text messages using the site•52% send group messages http://facebook-parental-controls-review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about-teens-and-social-networking.html

It’s not all bad

TOOLS USED • Social Media provides a great (and cheaper) communication platform. The Image below shows how teens communicate: http://mashable.com/2012/07/19/teens-stop-communicating/

BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA • 52% of all teens who use social media say that it has mainly helped their friendships, while only 4% say it has mainly hurt their friendships • 29% of social network users believe that social networking makes them feel more outgoing (compared to 5% who say less) • 20% say it makes them feel more confident (4% say less) • 15% say it makes them feel better about themselves (4% say worse) • 10% say it makes them feel less depressed (vs. 5% who say more)

Key Statistics

KEY STATISTICS• 90% 12-17 year olds use the internet• There are 1 billion active Facebook users• 69% of parents are “friends” with their children on Facebook• Social Media has overtaken porn as #1 activity on the Web• 23% of teens use at least two different social media channels everyday• Approx. 7.5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13 (Forbes)

Long termdamage to careers

HELPFUL RESOURCES • http://www.ikeepsafe.org/parents/ • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/advice-for-parents • http://www.netfamilynews.org/contract.html • http://www.socialnomics.net/2012/01/04/39-social-media-statistics-to-start-2012/ • http://www.internetsafety101.org/Socialnetworkingstats.htm • http://facebook-parental-controls-review.toptenreviews.com/30-statistics-about-teens-and-social-networking.html • http://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/news/press-releases/teens-on-socialmedia-many-benefits-to-digital-life-but-downsides-too

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Keeping Kids Safe Online on Social Media

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