connectsafely slide show for ministry of communications and information technology (egypt)
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A Parents Guide to Facebook
Anne Collier and Larry Magid
Co-DirectorsConnectSafely.org
Slides can be viewed & downloaded atConnectSafely.org/mcit
A living Internet
HuffingtonPost.com
Facebook’s footprint• Claims 800 million+ users worldwide• In every country in the world• In 70+ languages• 30+ billion new pieces of content per month• 250+ million photos per day• About 13% of US FB users are under 18 and
5% under 13 (the majority with parents helping them join)
How youth are using Facebook
• Comments, chat, “Likes,” photo-sharing,sharing news – social self-expression
• Collaborating on school work, hobbies• Seeking validation and support• Playing games• Exploring interests, identity, social status• Getting involved in local/global• Facebook use is very individual.
Risks in social mediaKey findings from a N. American lit review:• Not all youth are equally at risk• Youth most at risk offline are those most at risk online• What’s going on at home, at school, and in their heads are the best risk predictors• Social media can amplify existing problems, due to potential instant mass distribution• Reputation management is a key issue
The best safeguards• Ourselves and each other• Education is protection • Fact-based, not fear-based• Collaborative protection• From a control model to an agency
model• Using Facebook as a parenting tool
Teens & privacyIn U.S.
• 62% of teens profile is private – only for friends•19% partially private – includes friends of friends•17% say their profile is set to public so that everyone can see it
Source: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network SitesHow American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenshipPew Internet & American Life Project, November 2011•EU Kids Online, Sept 2011•+ Percentages are approximate
In Europe:
•More than 70% of European 9-16 year-olds have not set their profiles to public•20% of children whose profile is public display their address and/or phone number, twice as many as for those with private profiles.+•17% of 9-12 year olds and 33% of 13-16 year olds have more than 100 contacts on their SNS profile.+
Most kids don’t experience cruelty online
Source: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network SitesHow American teens navigate the new world of "digital citizenshipPew Internet & American Life Project, November 2011
The new ‘Timeline’
Bigger “cover photo”
Summary of your life on Facebook through the years
Activity log
General privacy settings
Access general privacy settings by clicking the down arrow in upper right corner
And then clicking on “Privacy Settings”
System-wide settings
Control who you connect with
Tagging
Control those apps
Inline privacy controls
Whenever you add content, you can select the audience.
But be aware…Whatever privacy option you last selected
will remain in place until you change it.
Thank youLarry Magid & Anne Collier
[email protected]@connectsafely.org
Slides can be viewed & downloaded atConnectSafely.org/mcit