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Social Media and Teens: What’s the Fuss All About

“Healing and helping people in need through the ministry of Jesus Christ”. Social Media and Teens: What’s the Fuss All About. Brandon B. Hayes, Ph.D., L.P. What Is a “Social Networking Site”?. Platforms to build social networks or social relations among people

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Social Media and Teens: What’s the Fuss All About

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  1. “Healing and helping people in need through the ministry of Jesus Christ” Social Media and Teens: What’s the Fuss All About Brandon B. Hayes, Ph.D., L.P.

  2. What Is a “Social Networking Site”? • Platforms to build social networks or social relations among people • Designed to link people with similar interests who share activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections • Allow users to share ideas, pictures, posts, activities, events and interests with people in their network

  3. Why Is Social Media So Popular? • Allows constant contact with friends • Opportunity to share thoughts/images • Opportunity to make new friends or find others with similar interests • Can be a platform for social change

  4. Why Is Social Media So Popular? • Can receive positive feedback from peers for posting their thoughts or images • Can allow them to express thoughts or feelings anonymously • Provides them with a venue in which to express themselves away from their parents’ limits or input

  5. Common Sites Used By Teens Facebook Tumblr Twitter • Create a personal profile, add friends, exchange messages • Be aware of privacy settings • Social networking and microblogging service • Users send and receive “tweets” • Tweets may include information about your location • Post multimedia and other content to short blogs • Significant amount of pornographic material

  6. Common Sites Used By Teens Ask.fm Instagram • Photo/video sharing and social networking • Take and edit photos and videos and share them on other sites • Allows users to ask and answer questions • Recently connected in at least one cyber-bullying death

  7. Common Sites Used By Teens Chatroulette Flickr • Online chat website that pairs random people for text or webcam-based conversations • Can use it without logging in • Creating an account allows you to share photos, interests, and personal information • Significant pornographic content • Image/video hosting website • Default settings allow anyone to see your real name and where you live • You can print or share other people’s images

  8. Common Sites Used By Teens Snapchat • Messaging service allowing users to send photos, videos, texts, drawings • Images are supposed to be destroyed soon after being received, creating a false sense of security • However, there are ways around this—screenshot • Snapchat leaked

  9. Resources for Parents • Thirdparent.com • More information about different social media sites • Decodes text abbreviations (LOL, LMFAO, DTF) • Offers online monitoring options for parents

  10. Why Do Teens Make Poor Decisions Online? • Because they are teenagers! • Executive functions like planning ahead and abstract thought are still developing • Personal fable—the “it won’t happen to me” belief • Imaginary audience—“someone is always watching” • Need for social acceptance

  11. Dangers of Social Media • Self-Esteem • “Facebook Depression” and Envy • Social skills • Need for constant stimulation

  12. Dangers of Social Media • “Catfishing” • Identity theft • Sexual exploitation • Damage to reputation • Cyberbullying

  13. Cyberbullying • Forms of cyberbullying • Sending messages that are mean or threatening • Spreading rumors online or in texts • Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages • Stealing a person’s account information to break into their account and send damaging messages

  14. Cyberbullying • Forms of cyberbullying • Pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person • Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the Internet • Sexting, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person

  15. Cyberbullying • Cyberbullying • linked to an increasing number of suicides • ~50% of teens have been cyberbullied and admit to having engaged in cyberbullying • More than 1 in 3 teens have experienced cyber threats

  16. Cyberbullying • Cyberbullying • ~20% of teens have posted or sent sexually suggestive or nude pictures of themselves • Over half of teens do not tell their parents when cyberbullying occurs • Contributes to depression, anxiety, suicide and self-harm

  17. www.ChristianFamilySolutions.org 1-888-685-9522 BRANDON B. HAYES, Ph.D., L.P. “Healing and helping people in need through the ministry of Jesus Christ”

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