social networking facebook, bebo, myspace and others
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Social Networking
facebook, bebo, MySpace
and others
Betsy Knodel, Martin Sieverding and NHS
Members
March 26, 2009
What is social networking?
facebook, bebo, MySpace, etc. Online communities Varied reasons for existence Share information Interact with others Video – Social Networking in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc Video – Why do teens use social networking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6YT6sEDZiE
Are you for real
Profiles handed out Outside of envelope is public profile Inside of envelope is real profile
Reality - April 2008
Two and a half million children aged between 8 and 17 have created profiles on social networking sites, according to research.
But parents fail to realise that poor security means that about four in ten personal pages are open for anyone to look at.
Although the three main social networks, Bebo, Facebook and MySpace,
claim to have a minimum age limit of 13 or 14, a quarter of all children with internet access and aged between 8 and 11 say that they have a page on a social networking site, according to the communications regulator, Ofcom.
Source - Sabbagh, Dan. “Children’s social network pages ‘must have privacy lock’” The Times. April 2, 2008. <http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3663312.ece>
Commonalities
Profile Friends Pictures Messages Privacy controls
Pros
Keeping in touch with family and friends from across the nation and the world Old friends - reconnecting
Sharing pictures with others Joining causes Following politics Networking for employment Fun
Cons
Photos become property of Facebook Read the EULA
SPAM Information poaching Misconstrued social capital Immature behavior Safety Bullying
Safety Issues Facebook does not have parental controls but My Space does
have parental controls MySpace requires members to be at least 14 years of age to
join their site. Facebook requires members to be at least 13 years of age to
join their site. MySpace uses IP addresses to manage their website, track
member usage and market the user information to their third party advertisers.
Facebook’s advertisers download marketing trackers or “web beacons” to your computer to identify where their ads are most effective.
Personal information collected by MySpace is openly shared among users so that they may communicate with each other. MySpace clearly expresses in their policy that you are sharing your information at risk.
All private information given to Facebook is not sold or shared with third party advertisers or marketers.
Steps to Safety
Keep personal information private Use a nickname that doesn’t identify location,
gender, age Only add friends you know in real life Alter pictures to remove identities Share profile and photos only with friends Ignore harassing or rude comments Never post sexually provocative photos
More Steps
Never meet with someone you only know online
Don’t post information, photos, videos you may later regret
Use privacy settings to limit access Online choices have offline consequences Once posted it is online, somewhere, forever
Consequences
Facebook photos land Eden Prairie kids in trouble. http://www.startribune.com/local/west/13549646.html
Facebook posting by students sparks legal fights http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/dec/13/facebook-postings-
students-sparking-legal-fights-p/
NC – 2116 state sex offenders found on MySpace http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/10/nc.sex.offenders/
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