teens, social media, and privacy infographic
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References:
Pew Internet & American Life Project– www.pewinternet.org
The Digital Center Report– digitalcenter.org
Graphic DesignerBrigit Gilbert
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Let’s face it, your kids areusing social media. Whetherit’s for educational purposes,or just for fun, their personalinformation may be accessibleby just about anyone, anytime.
The latest statistics haveyielded shocking results aboutour nation’s teens and adultsand their online activities.
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92% 82% 62% 24%
post theirbirthday
post videosof themselves
post theirrelationship status !!
TRUSTINTERNET
have “some” to“a lot” of trustin the internet
FROM 45%IN 201050%
1in4
!!16% of teen social media users have set up their profileto automatically include their location in posts
of Facebook-using teensare friends with peoplethey know from school
98% 91% 89% 76% 70%are Facebook friends
with their parentsare Facebook friends
with brothers & sistersare connected to friends
who do not attendthe same school
of teen Facebook users arefriends with members of
their extended family
!!
33% 30% 30%are Facebook friends
with other people theyhaven’t met in person
have celebrities,musicians or athletes
in their network
have teachers orcoaches as friends
in their network
FACEBOOK: HOW VISIBLEARE YOUR TEENS ONLINE?
Girls who useFacebook are more likely
than boys to have a private(friends only) pro�le
(70% vs. 50%)
By contrast, boys are morelikely than girls to have
a fully public pro�le thateveryone can see
(20% vs. 8%)
64% of teens with Twitteraccounts say that their
tweets are public
64%
TWITTER: MOREUSAGE, LESS PRIVACY?
Teen Twitter use has grownsigni�cantly: 24% of online teensuse Twitter, up from 16% in 2011
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The typical (median) teen Facebookuser has 300 friends, while the typical
teen Twitter user has 79 followers
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Teen Facebook users with morethan 600 friends in their network aremuch more likely than those withsmaller networks to be Facebookfriends with peers who don’t attendtheir own school, or with peoplethey have never met in person!
While boys and girls are equally likelyto say their accounts are public, boysare signi�cantly more likely than girlsto say that they don’t know (21% ofboys who have Twitter accountsreport this, compared with 5% of girls)
DELETE59% have deleted or editedsomething that they posted in the past
53% have deleted commentsfrom others on their pro�le or account
45% have removed their name from photosthat have been tagged to identify them
31% have deleted or deactivatedan entire pro�le or account
19% have posted updates, comments, photos,or videos that they later regretted sharing
74% of teen social media users have deletedpeople from their network or friends’ list
58% have blocked people on social media sites
60% of teen Facebook users keep their pro�lesprivate, and most report high levels of con�dencein their ability to manage their settings
More than half (56%) of teen Facebook users say it’s“not di�cult at all” to manage the privacy controls ontheir Facebook pro�le, while one in three (33%) say it’s “not too di�cult”
Only 5% of teen Facebook users saythey limit what their parents can see.
MANAGE
Among teens who have a Facebook account, only 18%say that they limit what certain friends can see ontheir pro�le. The vast majority (81%) say that all oftheir friends see the same thing on their pro�le
!! High-risk behavior for teens using social media
KEEP IT PRIVATE
For more information about how to protect your kids online, visit:http://www.uknowkids.com/
For more information about how to protect your kids online, visit:http://www.uknowkids.com/
Users Weigh In
in the
FROM 66%IN 2010
FROM 48%IN 2010
percent of peoplewho worry aboutwhat companies
monitor online 5791%of users express
some level ofconcern abouttheir privacyonline due tocompanies thatcan trackonline behavior
48% are wary of theirprivacy whenshopping online
FROM 38%IN 2010
are concernedthe governmentmonitors theirinternet use
43%
are very to extremelyconcerned about their privacyon social networking websites68%
OVER
have hadtheir privacyviolated online