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Social Networking And Youth

Social Networking And Youth. Presented by- Dhrolia Alefya 090110116004. Youth activities online. Building own profiles (present self to peers) Visiting other profiles (to see how others present themselves) Commenting on profiles, photos etc .(often positive, reciprocated).

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Social Networking And Youth

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  1. Social Networking And Youth Presented by- Dhrolia Alefya 090110116004

  2. Youth activities online • Building own profiles (present self to peers) • Visiting other profiles (to see how others present themselves) • Commenting on profiles, photos etc .(often positive, reciprocated)

  3. Authentic vs. fake profiles  • Many of the profiles are authentic, even if presenting themselves in a good light • Sometimes there is great criticism of fake profiles • BUT: Some youth themselves create fake profiles (as identity play) • Example  • You can pretend to be anyone, you can trick someone. A friend of mine told someone she was from Hawaii!We could do anything and we changed our name…..- Girl 15, UK

  4. Communications  • Various national studies stress how much communication is positive (e.g. Denmark, France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Estonia) • Only a minority of actions on SNS were ‘negative’ e.g. following arguments offline between peers, ex-boy/girlfriends, teasing by posting ‘embarrassing’ pictures

  5. Online continues offline • From the countries most socialnetworking sites are used by youth to communicate with known people, usually peers (e.g. Norway, Denmark, UK, Estonia, Ireland) • E.g. (UK) 92% mainly use sites to stay in touch with friends, family they see a lot

  6. Adding friends   • One practice, is competing to add friends to the friends list  - as a sign of popularity • BUT, this does sometimes mean adding ‘friends’ who young people have not met offline. • Even if privacy settings are set to private, it means these strangers have access to profile names,pictures etc.

  7. Privacy issues  • Children may be aware of adults online, but they put up details anyway • That said, US research shows that many do take some precautions e.g. putting some fake details on profiles, not giving details that would allow a stranger to locate them • What adults think should be private is not necessarily what young people think should be private • Various studies indicate information that young people give out: (e.g. Ireland) 8% home address, 12% mobile phone, 49% date of birth

  8. Privacy settings  • There could be problems understanding settings. • But part of the decision to leave the settings public can be the desire to be visible to other teenagers

  9. Parental rules  • In general, most studies suggest that parents do not know much about SNS • 65% parents say the set rules about their children’s use of SNS,  53% of children said the parents set rules • Two main types of rule – meeting new people (30%) , giving out personal details (27%) (parents’ figures)

  10. Young children • 27% of 8-11 year olds claim to have a profile on a site • Some sites cater for younger children, but most have minimum age that is higher • The qualitative study confirmed ‘underage’ use

  11. Thank You

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