A look at the hottest social media among teens as of Jan 2014

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Social Media
What Kids are Doing on Their
Phones!
Kelli Lane
Technology Trainer
kellirlane@gmail.com

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4. Twitter
Create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers

5.  Currently the number one social
media site
 140 character limit messages
called Tweets
 “Retweet” another person’s
message
 Can follow & be followed
Twitter
Text messages out to the world
 Followed Tweets come in a feed
 Lists group the people you follow
 #(hash tag) before a word puts you
in a conversation stream
 ie #Voting will put your tweet
into the list of everyone else
using that tag
 @username (handle) tags a user
and puts the tweet into their
stream
 Can direct message

6. Facebook
Connect with friends and the world around you

7.  Create a profile
 Can be connected to other
people/pages based on shared
info.
ie Married to …
 Requires you to become friends in
order share
Facebook
Connect and share with friends
everything from your thoughts to
your photos.
 Post status updates
 Thoughts/pictures/videos
 Uses a Timeline format
 Comment on peoples’ status
updates, pictures, and other
comments
 “Like” updates, pictures/videos, or
other pages
 Store albums of photos/videos
 Private message (email) or chat
 Hosts invites

8. Google+
Share and discover, all across Google

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Consists of circles you organize (people
you follow) & communities (people who
you follow and they follow you back)
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Post updates, blogs, videos, picture,
links etc to a specific circle or blast to
the world
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Google+
Tied to all things Google
+1 updates and photos or videos you
like
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Uses Streams--posts from your circles
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Google’s Social Network Platform
You can narrow these down to
specific circles.
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Allows for “Hangout” video chats or
Hang Outs on Air which allows more
viewers and records to your YouTube
Channel
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Serves as storage for Android pictures
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Has pages for business, bands,
products, or organizations
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Has event invites

10. Pinterest
A tool for collecting and organizing the things you love

11.  Create boards using
images
 Images hold URL for site it
came from
Pinterest
 Private boards
Collect images by pinning them onto
boards
 Follow & be followed
 Repin others photos
 Great way to keep track of
images you find online

12. Tumblr
Follow the World’s Creators

13.  Less public than Facebook
 Post blogs, quotes, links, music,
images & video
 Centered around themes
 More about pushing out info then
taking in
Tumblr
MicroBlogs. In other words blogs
without trying too hard
 Follow others/be followed
 Connect to people you know in
real life or through common
themes
 Customizable layouts/themes
 Reblogging puts someone else’s
photo on your page, giving them
credit
 Duplicates in your stream
 Allows you to draft a post or
schedule a queued message
 Send voice messages

14. Instagram
Capture and Share the World’s Moments

15.  Photo editing app; 15 sec videos
 Can view online, but used via app
 Share images with your followers
or direct send in private posts
 Stream shows your photos as well
as those you follow
Instagram
Take pictures, transform the look,
post to your site
 Search by tags or user
 Explore displays random photos
 News show information about
those you follow and those
following you
 View your profile to view photos,
tag pics, add locations, and view
posts
 Works with Twitter, Facebook,
Tumblr

16. WeChat
The New Way to Connect

17.  Less of a presence in America;
very popular in other parts of the
world
 Combines other social medias
 Video calls and texting
combined with social
networking
WeChat
Social app that gathers all
communication tools in one place
 Allows broadcast messages,
photo/video sharing, contact
information exchanges
 Photo filters/editing
 Allows easy distinction between
real friends and the world
 Discover people in your area
 Allows private timelines by
highlighting a significant
message

18. Snapchat
Capture the Moment

19.  10 second or less videos and
photos you send to friends.
 Supposed to “self destruct” so
they can never be viewed
again.
 Add texts and doodles to
photo/video
Snapchat
Send a photo/video and in 10
seconds or less it is gone
 Not really gone:
 Other apps let you save the
stuff or a screen shot
 ie android was keeping photos
as does Snapchat
 24 hour stories to allow revisits
to the photo/video
 Can be found even if private
 Need to set privacy settings
 Control who sees what
Snapchats

20. Vine
Create and share beautiful looping videos

21.  Started as part of Twitter
 Twitter Log-In info
transfers
 Can exist separately
Vine
 App walks you through
creation
Post short, repeating videos
 Create either a video or
stop animation photos
 Video continually loops
 6 second limit

22. Reddit
We power awesome communities

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Not an app, but still social
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Many 3rd party apps give you access as
well as the web
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Think old school forums…with ADHD!
Organized by “sub-reddits”
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Reddit
INITIALLY COMPLICATED!
A source for news and entertainment
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Reshare other Reddits to the site or
other social media
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Main page learns from your sub-reddits,
focusing on what you follow
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Comments thread into conversations
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IMA: “I am a”…experts answer questions
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Gives the option of being anonymous
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Links, texts or photos/videos are voted
on by the community of users
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Likes or dislikes move the post
accessibility

24. Pheed
A Place to Express Yourself

25.  Combo of all the other social
networks
 Facebook, Instagram, Twitter,
and YouTube
 Share texts, photos, video, audio
and live broadcasts
 420 character limit for text
 No limits on photo/video size
Pheed
Social Multimedia Platform
 Repost pheeds
 Offer pheedback
 Premium Pheeds for a fee
 Broadcasts can co$t for pay-perview experience
 Easy to use; timeline format
 Watermark original content;
retain ownership of work

26. Texting Alternatives
Data Based Texting

27. Instant Messaging Apps
WhatsApp
Kik
Simple. Personal.
Real Time Messaging
Fast, simple, personal
smartphone messenger
 From former Yahoo!
Employees
 Voice messaging via a data
plan
 Requires real phone number
for verification
 Group Chats, audio & video
messaging
 International
 VERY similar to Blackberry
Messenger
 Uses data plan
 Contacts found by username
rather than phone number for
privacy
 SDR Messages: S-Sent, D-
Delivered, R-Read
 Create and share memes

28. Next Gen
Apps that are taking off

29. Where They are Heading?
 Rumr: Anonymous
messaging
 Ask.fm: Users can ask other
users question anonymously
 Oovoo: A start0up video chat
service like Skype
 Badoo: Social network to
meet people
 4Chan: Post images to a
bulletin board. If Pinterest
met Reddit
 Creepy: Tracks people using
other social medias such as
photo location data
 Qooh.me: Another question
asking site. No login required
to ask questions
 Impossible: Social network to
ask for and receive help for
free
 Wanelo: Want, Need, Love:
Instagram meets shopping