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WELCOME. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS. Teens Online – What is really going on Discuss Current Online Risks Potential Legal Issues for your Child/Teen Using Facebook – A beginners Guide Protecting Your Child/Teen

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  1. WELCOME...

  2. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS

  3. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS • Teens Online – What is really going on • Discuss Current Online Risks • Potential Legal Issues for your Child/Teen • Using Facebook – A beginners Guide • Protecting Your Child/Teen • Questions

  4. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS TEENS ONLINE – WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON Key Statistics to be aware of: • 93% of teens aged 12 – 17 go online • 69% of teens have their own computer in their room • 63% of teen who go online are on everyday • 27% of teens use their phone to go online • 24% of teens with a game console use it to go online

  5. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS SOCIAL NETWORK – FACEBOOK • 73% of all teens are on a social network • Teens have an average of 201 friends online • Teens aged 13 – 17 spend an average of 2 hours online – 80% is on a social network • In the US, over 7.5 million Facebook users are under the age of 13.

  6. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? • This isn’t a question of if my child/teen is online but rather when. • Almost ¾ of teens have access to the internet in the privacy of their own room • 1/4 of our children/teens are equipped with a roaming internet device • ¾ of teens are using social media – primarily Facebook

  7. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS WHAT ARE THE ONLINE RISKS? WHAT HAPPENS ON FACEBOOK? • 86% of teens online comment on ‘friends’ walls • 83% comment on ‘friends’ pictures • 66% send private messages to ‘friends’ • 58% send IM or text messages using the site • 52% send group messages • 55% of teens have given out personal info. to someone they don’t know incl. photos and physical descriptions • 29% of teens have posted mean info, embarrassing photos or spread rumours about someone • 29% have been stalked or contacted by a stranger or someone they didn’t know. • 24% have had private or embarrassing info made public against their will

  8. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS ACCESSING EXPLICIT MATERIAL • The average age of a child finding explicit material online is 11 • 90% of 8 – 16 year olds exposed to pornography are exposed to it whilst doing homework online • ‘Sex’ and ‘Porn’ were included in the top 5 most searched items on the internet

  9. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS POTENTIAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS • Page ‘Likes’ • Inappropriate Photos and Images • Racial/ Sexual/ Religious/ Social Vilification • Inappropriate Relationships

  10. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS DEFENITION… CHILD ABUSE ‘the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children.’ THIS INCLUDES: • Verbal insults or bullying as well as yelling or anything to hamper the natural development of a child • Physical harm specifically directed at a child • Any form of sexual mistreatment defined specifically by causing stimulation

  11. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS USING FACEBOOK • A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO SECURING YOUR PAGE

  12. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS PROTECTING YOUR CHILD • Talk about it • Talk about the risks and the realities of online networking • Set standards of internet use in your home • REMOVE TEMPTATION • Remove computers/phones/gaming consols from your children's/teens bedrooms • Accountability is STILL the best solution… even as adults • COMPUTER PROTECTION • Open DNS - http://www.opendns.com/parental-controls/

  13. SEXUALISED MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AMONGST TEENS ANY QUESTIONS...

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