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Bell Work. Answer the following question on a sheet of notebook paper… Think about your past experiences and in your own words, define the following terms… NETWORK SOCIAL. Social Networking. The use of a website to connect people who share personal or professional interests

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Bell Work

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  1. Bell Work Answer the following question on a sheet of notebook paper… Think about your past experiences and in your own words, define the following terms… • NETWORK • SOCIAL

  2. Social Networking • The use of a website to connect people who share personal or professional interests Popular Social Networking Sites

  3. Why Use Social Networks? • Reconnect w/friends • Keep in touch with family • Express yourself • Easily share pictures & videos • Find jobs or other opportunities

  4. Risks & Dangers • Personal info can be viewed by all • Online comments are “permanent” • Think future jobs! • Identity thieves search for victims • Fake pages & cyber bullying • Cyber predators “groom” potential victims Examples?

  5. Danger! Beware! • In a small town of Connecticut, 7 teenage girls were sexually assaulted by men they met through MySpace…all in a span of 5 weeks!! • College girl was harassed and stalked by a “guy” she met online. That “guy” ended up being a female acquaintance from high school. • A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering his estranged wife after she changed her Facebook profile to “single”. • A 13 year old girl was sexually assaulted in a Texas parking lot after meeting a 19 year old boy she met on MySpace.

  6. Think about it… • What social networking sites do you belong to? • What information about yourself do you include on your social networking sites?

  7. TMI? How much information is too much information? • What do you think? • Reading Assignment • Read the article • Make a list of all the tips that the article provides

  8. SN Tips • Only friends should be able to see your page • Only communicate w/people you know • Be careful what you blog about • Photos can reveal a lot!! • Do not include… • School, clubs, sports, address, work, certain interests, full name, etc.

  9. What about Blogging? • Blog or “weblogs” • Journals posted on the Internet • Journals (aka postings) • Reverse chronological order • Area for comments of others • Can be about anything

  10. Cyber Bullying • What is it? • Harassment that occurs during online activities • Includes… • * Threatening e-mails • * Nasty instant messaging • * Harassing text messaging • * Website set up to mock others • * “Borrowing” someone’s screen name & pretending to be them while posting a message • * Forwarding private messages, pictures, & videos to others

  11. Beware of Cyber Bullies!! • College student was convicted of 14 counts of felony computer invasion of privacy (identity theft) for impersonating his ex-gf on MySpace • 49 yr old Lori Drew impersonated a 16 yr old boy and sent harassing messages to 13 yr old Megan Meier including the last message, “everyone hates you…the world would be a better place without you”. Megan committed suicide in Oct. 2006 by hanging herself • Lori Drew was been charged (by the FBI) w/ one count of conspiracy & three counts of accessing protected computers w/o authorization (w/ the intent to harm)

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