2. What is Social Media?
Definition:
It is a forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for
social networking and microblogging) through which users
create online communities to share information, ideas,
personal messages, and other content .
Oxford says: noun [treated as singular or plural]websites
and applications that enable users to create and share
content or to participate in social networking.
Social Media is "a group of Internet-based applications
that build on the ideological and technological foundations
of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of
user- generated content."
4. Social Interaction
Educational
Applications
Business – Connecting
With customers
Business – Networking
Marketing
Entertainment
5. What do you think…?
is the average
age of a
child/youth to
regularly
consume online
media?
Facebook has a 13
year old minimum
age ‘requirement’
6. 90% have used social media
75 % Have social networking
accounts
Facebook has 5 million
profiles for users under 10
7. 39% of online teens
Admitted to falsifying
their age in order to
gain access to a
website or account.
Female (age 14): “I got mine [Facebook
account] around sixth grade. And I was really
obsessed with it for a while. Then towards
eighth grade, I kind of just once you get into
Twitter, if you make a Twitter and an
Instagram, then you'll just kind of forget about
Facebook, is what I did.”
8. Another study found that 22% of teenagers log onto their
favorite social media sites more than 10 times a day
9. “Texting and IM-ing my friends gives me a
constant feeling of comfort. When I did not have
those two luxuries, I felt quite alone and
secluded from my life. Although I go to a school
with thousands of students, the fact that I was
not able to communicate with anyone via
technology was almost unbearable.”
10. Hastens communication
Builds bridges over barriers
Strengthens relationships
Encourages community
participation
Boosts confidence
Battles depression
12. Exposure to inappropriate
advertising online is one of the
many risks that parents, youth
advocates, and policy makers
are concerned about.
Found last year that 30% of
online teens say they have
received online advertising
that is “clearly
inappropriate” for their age.
13. Cyber bullying
“When the Internet, cell
phones or other devices are
used to send or post text or
images intended to hurt or
embarrass another person.“
65% of their students
between 8-14 have been
involved directly or indirectly
in a cyber bullying incident as
the cyber bully, victim or
friend
16. “I don’t go on
Facebook, Twitter or
Instagram, I prefer like
talking to people face-
to-face. Like
I don’t – I honestly
think that –
I probably like only like
talk to people that I’m
really close to…”
But in person is still best!
So, build personal
relationships, and use
texting and social media
as reminders and to help
maintain the personal
relationships!
17. Ways to Combat Negative Media
Effects Without Over Regulation
Educating youth in media literacy
Parent child interaction
Moderation of media consumption
18. Keep It Under Control
Don’t get addicted
Be careful what you post
Be selective in choosing
friends online
Use it for a good purpose
Try spending more time in the
real world instead of staying
in the virtual world of social
networking!!
20. CONCLUSION
As with most things in life there are
positive and negative sides to social
networking, both of which we have now
explored . Our ultimate belief is that
social networking sites are neither evil or
godsend . They are somewhere in
between.