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Youth & The Media

Youth & The Media. Youth – Under 18 years old but focused on middle and high schoolers Media – including forms of interpersonal communication (cell phones, email, etc.) and mass media (Books, TV, Movies, Internet, etc.)

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Youth & The Media

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  1. Youth & The Media

  2. Youth – Under 18 years old but focused on middle and high schoolers • Media – including forms of interpersonal communication (cell phones, email, etc.) and mass media (Books, TV, Movies, Internet, etc.) • Technology-Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group (dictionary.com)

  3. Media and Technology in Youth Education 1920s: educational radio broadcasts in the classroom 1930s: films (silent and sound) introduced 1940s: television, greater access to film and radio 1950s: instructional TV programs increase-- some even replace teachers 1960s-70s: use of television declines 1980s: invention of the computer, adoption into classroom 1990s-Today… Technology in the Classroom Teachers and Machines: The Classroom Use of Technology since 1920 (Larry Cuban). Presented by Bridget Danish and Faisal Sheikh

  4. Current Technologies in Education Interactive Whiteboard Educational Software -Learning via Computers Grade School Programs -Online Resources Study HelpVirtual Classrooms Electronic Copyboard Camera-Based Equipment Field Mouse

  5. How Can Technology Help Students? • Knowledge webs will complement teachers, texts, libraries, and archives as sources of information; • interactions in virtual communities will complement face-to-face relationships in classrooms; • experiences in synthetic environments will extend learning-by-doing in real world settings; and • Sensory immersion will help learners grasp reality through illusion. • (Dr. Chris Dede, New Horizons) Through these technologies…

  6. New or Just a New Way of Doing It? • Consider… • …Online Homeschooling • …The technologies mentioned earlier: • Interactive whiteboard, copyboard, • Projector, microscope, mouse

  7. Social Networking “If you’re not on MySpace, you don’t exist” – Skyler, 18, to her mom “I'm in the 7th grade. I'm 13. I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not the president of the student body. Or captain of the debate team. I'm not the prettiest girl in my class. I'm not the most popular girl in my class. I'm just a kid. I'm a little shy. And it's really hard in this school to impress people enough to be your friend if you're not any of those things. But I go on these really great vacations with my parents between Christmas and New Year's every year. And I take pictures of places we go. And I write about those places. And I post this on my Xanga. Because I think if kids in school read what I have to say and how I say it, they'll want to be my friend.” –Vivien, 13, to Parry Aftab during a “Teen Angels” meeting

  8. What is social networking? How do these sites work? -Facebook -Myspace -Linkedln -Twitter -Second Life -bebo -Friendster -Xanga • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc

  9. The ‘MySpace generation’ - Disenfranchised teens - Conscientious objectors • Who isn’t using it? • The appeal of social networking sites - Music - Friends - Entertainment • Safety and Privacy • The future of SNS

  10. The dangers of youth and media

  11. Cyber bullying “When the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person.“ • 65% of their students between 8-14 have been involved directly or indirectly in a cyber bullying incident as the cyber bully, victim or friend • Megan Meier • Ryan Halligan • Olivia Garnder

  12. Violence on Youtube • 8 teenagers video a brutal beating to post online. • A search for “teenage fighting” brings up 7,210 results. • Are kids fighting more? Are they just doing it differently? If you prevented them from posting things on the internet, would it stop them from fighting?

  13. The problem with technology… • Provides anonymity / it feels like a “safe world” without consequences • Indirect form of bullying • Information spreads much faster and is put into the hands of masses VS

  14. Media Effects and Youth Violence Sexually Explicit Content Drug & Alcohol Use Body Image Stereotyping

  15. Who Regulates the Media? Who regulates the media? • Federal Communications Commission • Federal Trade Commission • Self-Regulation by Companies • Independent Grassroots Groups

  16. Media Regulation

  17. Media Ethics Who’s responsibility is it to ensure the safety of youth when it comes to media exposure?

  18. Ways to Combat Negative Media Effects Without Overt Regulation • Educating Youth in Media Literacy • Parent-Child Interaction • Moderation of media consumption

  19. References: • www.delicious.com/carolyn.grant2 • www.delicious.com/aatkins2 • www.delicious.com/pandagriffin • www.delicious.com/mbreeland • www.delicious.com/dschmitt89

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