Presentation for the Youth Services Exchange, March 2, 2012

1. Young Adult Services
Exchange
March 2, 2012

3. There's more 'life'
happening online
than offline. If you are
not online, you are
completely out of the
loop--you don't have
a life, you don't really
exist. --Hannah, 13
years old

4. I feel safer online
than I do offline.
So I do things
online that I
wouldn't do in
real life. --
Sadie, 14 years
old

5.  Social networking affects all the
things you do in real life now. Like,
if you go to a party, one of the most
important aspects of going to the
party is to document yourself for
online posts. You have to prove you
were looking good, you were
having fun, and that you were
actually there! It's not about the
party anymore but about the
pictures of the party.--Caroline, 14
years old

6.  My friendships are really
affected by social
networking. You have to
constantly validate your
friends online. And
everyone's like 'Where
were you?' 'What have you
been doing?' 'Why haven't
you commented on my
picture yet?' So you have
to be online all the time,
just to keep track, so you
don't upset anyone.
--Jasmine, 13 years old

7. • 88% of social media-
using teens have
witnessed other people
be mean or cruel on
social network sites.
• More teens report
positive personal
outcomes than negative
ones from interactions
on social network sites:
78% report at least one
good outcome and 41%
report at least one
negative outcome.

9. In small groups, take ______
minutes to discuss the following
issues:
1. Make a list of social media
tools your library uses (or should
be using) to interact with young
adults.
2. Brainstorm on what could be
some innovative uses for social
media tools and working with
YAs.
3. Why does social media matter?
Each group will have someone
take notes and each group will
have a few minutes to report.