1. Balanced
Media Diet
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2. 78% of young people, ages
12 to 17, now have cellphones
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3. “It’s just part of life now” – high
school sophomore
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4. It feels almost as though I’m naked
in public – senior in high school
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5. For parents, monitoring their child’s online
behaviour may become more difficult given the
rapid adoption of smartphones
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6. 70% of teens actively seek to hide
their online behaviour
from their parents
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7. 1 in 4 young people say they are
“cell-mostly” Internet
users
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8. This past week […] my son turned 13 years
old, making him eligible under terms of
service to have his own social
media account
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9. A 2011 Consumer Reports survey claimed there
were 7.5 million underage Facebook
members, 2/3 of which were 10 or
younger
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10. According to Pew Internet, 46% of 12
year olds online use
social media
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11. Furthermore, 44% of teenagers admitted to
lying about their age to gain access to
a web site
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12. When we talk about kids being active online, the worry is
less about what and with whom they are sharing their
lives than what hidden data their
participation generates that can be
exploited by others
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13. “I like the idea of my voice being
heard somewhere where
people care” – Anonymous user of Tumblr
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14. I get that kids need an outlet to vent [but] the very
information they created can be their
greatest demise.
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15. The world of social media has allowed platforms like
Facebook and Twitter to play on the human
need for reinforcement and
validation
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16. The more we embroider the
account of daily
lives…
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17. Facebook accumulates more information that
continuously stitches a tighter and richer
view of who we are
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18. The Internet has yet to grow
up
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19. As it quickly evolves […] we need to
teach our kids to be aware of
their privacy settings
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20. Today’s online profiles are used for
everything from college entrance evaluations, to
career recruiting to dating
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21. What will your child’s profile say
about them and how will others use it
to make life-altering decisions
about them?
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22. It is not about being un-authentic […] but it is
about being thoughtful and putting
your best foot forward for
the whole world to see.
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23. Because they will see it.
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24. In the world of social media,
perception is the reality
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25. Sources
1. More youth use smartphones
to log online – Martha Irvine
2. Teenagers & Smartphones:
How they’re already
changing the world – Brian Hall
3. Coming of Age in the Digital Age
- Kevin Makice
4. Why Every Parent Needs to Talk to
Their Kids About Social Media
- Kelly Clay
5. Your Facebook Posts May Be Harmful
to Your Child’s Future – Kendall Morris
6. Teaching Our Kids Not to Treat the
Internet as a Private Diary – Hessie Jones

26. Images
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under Creative Commons
and sourced from
Flickr
and Wikipedia
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