This document discusses teens' use of social media and technology. It provides statistics on teens' ownership of devices and participation on social media platforms. It also examines what types of personal information teens share online and their privacy concerns. The document concludes by offering advice to families on talking to teens about responsible social media use and privacy settings.

1. Social Media for
Families
Presented by: Susan Chavez

2. Teens & technology
80% own a computer
95% are online
78% have a cell phone
37% have a smart phone
23% own a tablet
58% of all teens have downloaded apps
to their cell phone or tablet computer

3. Where are they?
Social Media: 81%
Facebook: 94%
Twitter: 24%
Instagram: 11%
Tumblr: 5%
Snapchat: 32%
Vine: 25%

4. Where are they?
Anonymity
Ask.fm
Whisper
Secret
Omegle

5. Where are they?
Messaging
Kik
WhatsApp
Viber

6. What are teens sharing?
91% post a photo of themselves
71% post their school name
71% post the city/town they live in
53% post their email address
20% post their cell phone number

7. What are teens sharing?
92% post their real name to the
profile they use most often
84% post their interests (i.e. movies &
music they like)
82% post their birth date
62% post their relationship status
24% post videos of themselves

8. What about privacy?
51% avoided certain apps due to privacy concerns
26% uninstalled an app because it was collecting
personal information they didn’t wish to share
46% have turned off location tracking on their cell
phone or app because they were worried about the
privacy of their information.
Girls are more likely than boys to say they have
disabled location tracking features (59% vs. 37%)

9. Help!
42% have talked to friends or peers
41% have talked to a parent
37% have asked a sibling or cousin

10. What companies require
Minimum age of 13 to register
Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act (COPPA)

11. What the law says
Web sites & social networks not
responsible
Sexting ≠ crime in NJ
Judiciary discretion
See N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:4A-71.1.

12. What can we do
Talk - not lecture
Learn about apps & their ratings
Be firm & consistent
Set up accounts together
Follow
Check in

13. Talking points
Future orienting
Remember age / development stage
Next week > 10 years from now

14. Talking points
Nothing EVER disappears
Server data transfer
Screen grabs take less than 1 sec.
Data collection = $

15. Talking points
Six degrees of separation doesn’t exist
Your friends’ settings may betray
your privacy
Third party apps may have different
TOS

16. What else can we do?
Apple Users: Family Sharing (iOS 8)
Windows: My Family
Amazon: Family library (Fire OS 4)
Android: None

17. Learn more
Common Sense Media:
commonsensemedia.org
Fred Rogers Center:
fredrogerscenter.org
Family Online Safety Institute:
fosi.org
Be Web Smart:
bewebsmart.com

18. Thank You!
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