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your son and Social Media

your son and Social Media. Social Networking sites (SNSs) These are online services, platforms or sites that focus on facilitating the building of social relationships. Consist of representation of each user, often a profile, his/her social link and variety of other apps. INTRODUCTION.

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your son and Social Media

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  1. your son and Social Media

  2. Social Networking sites (SNSs) • These are online services, platforms or sites that focus on facilitating the building of social relationships. • Consist of representation of each user, often a profile, his/her social link and variety of other apps.

  3. INTRODUCTION • Though in broader sense they mean individual centered services, they are group centered. • More exposure in the 21st Century. • Television and internet has opened the world to children.

  4. Information Technology (IT) more present in people’s daily lives. • Smart phones, tablets, mobile devices, computers, play stations and the Internet are all easily accessible. • Transformation of the digital world into a necessity.

  5. COMMONLY USED SNSs WORLDWIDE

  6. LISTON THE SAME-SNSs • Telegram • Instagram • Imo • Chaton • Gmail/yahoo chats • Facebook • Google+ • Twitter • Skype • 2go • Whatsapp

  7. MOST POPULAR SNSs AS PER JUNE 2017 • Classmate-57m • WhatsApp – 1.5 b • QQ – 9.2 m • Skype – 400 m • Twitter – 500 m • Facebook – 1.9 b • Youtube -1.4 b • Instagram –700m • Vine-200 m • WeChat – 697m

  8. MOST POPULAR SNSs AS PER JUNE 2019 • Tumblr -115 m • Flickr -112m • Google + 111m • Linkedlin -106 • Vk -97m • Odnoklassiki- 71m • Meetup -35.3m • Facebook-2.2b • Youtube-1.8b • Instagram-800m • Q-zone- 563m • Weibo - 376m • Twitter -336 • Reddit -330m • Pinterest-200m

  9. SNSs have received a great embrace by the teenagers/students. • 2011 research in Britain showed 50% of British employers had banned their use citing low production. • If it had great impact on employees who in most cases were adults, what about teens?

  10. In my research (2013)- Effects of Social Networking Sites on teens/students Behavior and Academic performance- it was vivid that SNCs plays a great role in conduct and grades. • Globalization (world being a small village)- contact of different cultures altered the norms or enhanced them.

  11. Being an emerging issue, it has not had much attention from local scholarly field. However, in 2018 we have seen the Kenyan government’s input on misuse of SNSs. • Though less emphasis, SNSs have had a great impact on teenagers in urban and rural areas where technological development are prevalent.

  12. If prudently used they benefit ,otherwise it becomes detrimental to teens behavior and academic performance due to social ‘Drama.’ • This talk is not aimed at polarization against SNSs, but shedding light on their effects and probably suggest possible solutions to the negative impacts.

  13. Guidance is needed as children move in the digital world; it is an environment requiring human virtues. • It is not a matter of rules or a list of criteria; rather a matter of sound judgment; consistency in all environments, even virtual ones.

  14. ADVANTAGES OF PRUDENT USE OF SNSs • SNSs can benefit teenagers who are shy to express themselves face to face. • SNSs can be a useful tool for information gathering. • It builds identity for adolescents. • Through self reporting, a teenager may enhance language.

  15. Self esteem can be enhanced. • The world of work is transformed; new possibilities opened up through the use of technology. • Professional activity via email, video and teleconferencing. • A head start in IT gives the children a competitive advantage.

  16. NB..Youth is a time in which great ideals are discovered and awakened, a time for seeking meaning of life in all its greatness and beauty.

  17. Often, however, the world around us weakens this aspiration by putting before us pleasures, compensations and artificial promises of paradise which curtail the heart and hinder the young from being generous towards God and towards others. • A consumer society that pressures people into harmful and superficial entertainment.

  18. “Young people are always capable of getting enthusiastic about great undertakings, high ideals, and anything that is genuine.” St. JosemariaEscriva.

  19. DISADVANTAGES OF NOT USING SNSs PRUDENTLY • As a matter of fact, disadvantages outweigh SNSs advantages. This means that parents have to be extra cautious and monitor them since most schools don’t allow phones and other internet based sites.

  20. DISADVANTAGES OF NOT USING SNSs PRUDENTLY • Cyber bullying/Cyber predators -victimization via pseudo profiles. - Daily nation newspaper dated 25th January 2013 where “a chat turned to a reason for suicide.” -Allen et al 2010, their book -Developmental psychology pg55 ” On the internet, no one knows you are a dog.”

  21. Change of language- with new acronyms and code words that can only be learnt through these sites. E, g (BRB,B4N,DBEYR,RBTL, LOL,0IC, X0XO. • Interpersonal communication has been replaced by SNSs as socializing force hence parent-teen conflict. • Friendship formed online is more often shallow, casual and short lived.

  22. Insecurity-sharing inappropriate or too much information may be a source of concern for parents. • Lack of motivation-as result of procrastination, student may lose motivation-inner wish to do well in a particular area.

  23. Due to spending too much time and addiction to SNSs teens don’t get enough time to rest this leads to truancy or not paying attention in class as they term learning as boring. • False identity. With the filters and other apps, one can represent him/her self in a way he/she is not. They also want to belong and this can lead to dangerous groups like Alshabaab, gaza e.t.c.

  24. Dangerous online games can lead to someone ending his/her life or some other harmful acts. E. g. Betting, Blue whale online game – in which users are dared to commit suicide

  25. In a school set up, we can summarize these challenges as: • Sharing of inappropriate content: jokes; videos; pictures; anecdotes. • Incitement: against teachers, parents, classmates, etc. This undermines relationships. • Inattention during lessons and study.

  26. Attempts to recreate the ‘chats’ in class: books; notes passed around. • Peer pressure: anything to belong to group; stealing; defiance; rebellion. • False identities: exaggerated perception of self & family for praise.

  27. THE QUESTION IS -HOW do we MANAGE IT?

  28. Be that mirror- How much time do you spend on the phone especially during family time? • Make a clear difference on what is evil and use for evil. • Let him know that having a phone is a privilege and not a right. • Keep him short of money. • Own up when these challenges face you and don’t shift blames.

  29. Restricting the use of the internet to certain parts of the house, e.g. the sitting room. Do not have unrestricted internet access/ wi-fi in the house. Switch it off at night. • Find ways of periodically checking what they view. • Use filters on computers used. On filters you can ask for help from An I.T. technician. • Exposure to good ways of using leisure time, e.g. sports, good movies, reading, social work, farming, etc.

  30. Be open to discussion on: -What is the appropriate age for him to have a smart phone? -What’s the meaning of acronyms and other coded languages? • Share interesting videos and anecdotes that we have received.

  31. Acquisition of a sense of responsibility and commitment in the tasks entrusted to them. • Keep the mobile phone during weekdays, CAT weekends(or all weekends) Sometimes parent should consider retaining it indefinitely. • Fostering order in what should be done at each moment: study, work, etc.

  32. Ground rules regarding use of electronic gadgets during family gatherings: meals and get-togethers. • Importance of concentrated study done with a professional approach. • Explain to the boy various groups that we belong to and their benefits.

  33. ON IDENTITY

  34. You have a right to inspect the sim-card. After all it is registered under your name. • Ask for the phone. Look at content of messages, groups belonged to, etc. • Encourage them to Show themselves as they truly are.

  35. Bring the awareness that, everything done online is never completely private. • Alterations or copies can be made, and one never knows who will read it or when: possibly even years later! (Screenshots…) • Monitor registration on Whatsapp groups; Facebook; Instagram, etc. This will help you track down the type of identity he portrays on SNSs and who he really is.

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