Topics Include: Social Media Defined, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Cyber Bullying, Sexual Solicitation, Privacy, and Now What.
This is a great presentation for those working with teenagers (schools, churches, youth programs, etc.)
11. What is Social Media?
According to the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary:
Social Media is a form of electronic
communication through which users
create online communities to share
information, ideas, personal
messages, and other content.
22. So What?
• Social Media is a new frontier
• Social Media is here to stay
23. So What?
• Social Media is a new frontier
• Social Media is here to stay
• Social Media is very prominent
24. So What?
• Social Media is a new frontier
• Social Media is here to stay
• Social Media is very prominent
• Social Media is affecting us more than we
know
31. It’s changing the way
we access
information
“The very fact that someone you know – or
trust – has passed on or blogged or
Twittered or posted a link makes it more
likely that you will read it.”
-- Mathew Ingram, Blogger, If the News is
Important, it will Find Me
32. It’s changing the way
we access
information
“Sending... links and videos to friends and their
social networks. And in turn, they rely on friends
and online connections for news to come to them.
In essence, they are replacing the professional
filter – reading The Washington Post, clicking on
CNN.com – with a social one.”
-- Brian Stelter, The New York Times, Finding
Political News Online, the Young Pass It On
54. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Harassment
Sending or posting nasty, mean and insulting comments
55. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Harassment
Sending or posting nasty, mean and insulting comments
• Defamation
Starting rumors to damage reputation
56. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Outing
Sharing someone’s secret or embarrassing photos
online
57. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Outing
Sharing someone’s secret or embarrassing photos
online
• Trickery
Convincing someone to reveal private information or
photos, then share it online
58. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Exclusion
intentionally excluding someone to hurt their feelings
59. Cyber Bullying
What is Cyber Bullying?
• Exclusion
intentionally excluding someone to hurt their feelings
• Cyber Stalking
Repeated, intense harassment and defamation
61. Cyber Bullying
Kids don’t “get” online consequences...
THINK ABOUT THE EFFECT
CYBERBULLYING MIGHT HAVE
ON THE REPUTATION OF
OTHERS
38%
62. Cyber Bullying
Kids don’t “get” online consequences...
DON’T THINK THAT POSTING
PHOTOS, VIDEOS, OR
INFORMATION ABOUT
THEMSELVES CAN BE
HARMFUL
51%
63. Sexual Solicitation
A surprisingly significant
number of teenagers
have electronically sent or
posted nude or semi-
nude pictures or videos of
themselves online.
66. Sexual Solicitation
Look at the numbers...
5%
internet users
talk to strangers
about sex
39%
online child
molesters
possess child
pornography
67. Sexual Solicitation
Look at the numbers...
5%
internet users
talk to strangers
about sex
39%
online child
molesters
possess child
pornography
27%
of the incidents
involved getting
the pictures
from the victim
themselves
69. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Phillip Alpert: 18-year old, Florida
Got in an argument with his girlfriend. Sent
inappropriate pictures of her to her friends and
family.
http://www.cnn.com
70. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Phillip Alpert: 18-year old, Florida
• Charged for sending child pornography
• 5 years probation
• Registered sex offender (for 25 years)
http://www.cnn.com
71. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Marissa Miller: 12-year old, Pennsylvania
At a friend’s sleepover, took pictures in their
underwear. Pictures were sent to a classmate.
http://www.cnn.com
72. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Marissa Miller: 12-year old, Pennsylvania
• Probation and Sexual Education Classes
OR
• Convicted Sexual Abuse of a Minor
http://www.cnn.com
73. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Jessica Logan: 18-year old, Ohio
Sent nude photo to her boyfriend. He sent it
friends, who sent it to friends, who sent it to
friends... eventually sent to several local high
schools.
http://www.cnn.com
74. Sexual Solicitation
What about the consequences...
Jessica Logan: 18-year old, Ohio
• Bullied at school
• Death by suicide
http://www.cnn.com
75. Sexual Solicitation
The law in a nutshell...
“It depends on the age of the child. If
somebody’s under the age of 18, it’s child
pornography, and even the girl that posted the
pictures can be charged. They can be
registered sex offenders...
76. Sexual Solicitation
The law in a nutshell...
...Even at the age of 18, (if) it was sent to
somebody under age, it’s disseminating
pornography to a minor. There are criminal
charges that could be made here.”
-- Parry Aftab, Internet Security Expert
interviewed by NBC News
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/
Kicked out of college, lost several friends, trouble finding a job, cannot travel without making arrangements with probation office
“I’m being punished for the rest of my life for something that took 2 minutes or less to do.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/
“I wasn’t trying to be sexual,” she says, “I was having fun with my friends at a sleepover, taking pictures, dancing to music.”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/07/sexting.busts/
“I wasn’t trying to be sexual,” she says, “I was having fun with my friends at a sleepover, taking pictures, dancing to music.”