Team C

Stephanie-Kaye Baker

Mindy Nowacki

Facebook…

Friend or

Foe?

Facebook…

Friend or

Foe?

FACEBOOK

Founded in 2004.

Began as a social network for teenagers and college students

In 2006, opened the site to

everyone over 13.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3645840&page=1

TEAM RESEARCH

Combed through our

individual Facebook accounts.

Reviewed the minor friends

we had as friends.

Found the following

information interesting.

Our Minor Facebook Friends

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

# o f Minors

6 yrs . - unde r

7 yrs . - 8 yrs .

9 yrs . - 10 yrs .

11 yrs . - 12 yrs .

13 yrs . - 14 yrs .

15 yrs . - 17 yrs .

Amount of People “Friended”

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Our Frie nds

0 - 50

51 - 75

76 - 100

101 - 200

201 - 300

301 - 400

401 - 500

501 - 600

601 - 700

701 - 800

801 +

OUR RESULTS LED US TO INVESTIGATE INTO THE

EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK ON OUR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.

The results…SHOCKING!

EFFECTS OF FACEBOOK

Cyberbullying

Manipulation by predators

Too much time on computer

Deceit – Lie about birthdates to gain access

Unable to communicate face-to-face

MCCALL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Interim Principal Skip Marotta learned that a Facebook page called the “Winchester Page” displayed nine pictures of unidentified students.

Hurtful and offensive comments as captions.

Police investigation followed and pending.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/news/x1423339853/Police-investigating-McCall-Facebook-incident

Wednesday, October 6, 2010McCall Middle School

Winchester, MA

Not the first incident handled by the administration at McCall Middle School.

Not the first incident this year!

January 2010 – Student created a fake Facebook account in the name of a teacher.

June 2010 – Sixth graders were involved in calling people names on a social networking site.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/news/x1423339853/Police-investigating-McCall-Facebook-incident

INTERIM PRINCIPAL SKIP MAROTTA

“This incident is an example of the harm that internet misuse can inflict on a community. This is no prank-it is cyber bullying and it is against the law.”

CYBERBULLYING

According to wiredsafety.org:

“When a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones.”

http://www.wiredsafety.org/cyberstalking_harassment/cyberbullying.html

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

School administration is dealing with issues such as cyberbullying that takes

place OUTSIDE of school hours.

These positions are already underpaid and overworked!

Who’s role is it to police and handle these situations?

THEORISTS

UNDERCOVER FACEBOOK

OBSERVATIONS

Mark Williams-Thomas

Police detective specializing in major crime

Masters in criminology

Began a child protection consult agency

Photograph depicted a cute, slim, 5 foot 2 inch brunette with interests in dance and music.

Created a profile on Facebook.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-online-What-followed-sicken-you.html

Men aren’t lurking in hopes of finding young

children. They are actively pursuing young girls

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-online-What-followed-sicken-you.html

That’s

TERRIFYING!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256793/I-posed-girl-14-online-What-followed-sicken-you.html

THEORISTS

ALL THE SINGLE LADIES

GuysThatLie.com = online background site

http://www.singlemothers.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:why-

pedophiles-love-single-moms&catid=35:articles-andstories&Itemid=118

WHO ASSAULTS CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS OLD

48.3% Trusted family acquaintances

According to the Offender Characteristics, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics

http://www.singlemothers.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96:why-

pedophiles-love-single-moms&catid=35:articles-andstories&Itemid=118

(Otherwise known as Facebook friends!)

IMPACTS ON STUDENTS

ChildrenOnline.org surveyed the internet behaviors of thousands of independent school

children and teens. They learned quite a bit about Facebook. Facebook is one of the 2 most

popular sites for students grades 4-12. (The other site is You Tube.) The following are their

conclusions.

http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

Time

http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

Privacy

Students and families can be

sued for slander and defamation of

character.More than 20% of colleges and

universities search social networks for their admissions

candidates.http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

Scams

Target teens to trick into giving out credit card and personal

information.

http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

Immorality

The internet is our generation’s version

of the “wild-wild-west.”

http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

Interpersonal

The definition of “friend” has changed with these new social networking sites. No longer understand how to be a good

friend.

http://www.nais.org/resources/article.cfm?ItemNumber=151505

SCREEN TIME

No negative effects were observed when studying

children engaging in other sedentary activities such as

reading and doing homework.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/too-screen-time-not-good-for-childrens-mental-health.html#

FACEBOOK’S ROLE

Facebook allows users to report sex

offenders. Must have proper

documentation to prove conviction.

PARENT’S ROLE

Cris Clapp Logan, Director of Communication at Enough is

Enough, said, “Parents are still the first line of defense. They

can’t leave it up to Facebook or up to their filtering and monitoring software.”

Facebook shouldn’t be viewed negatively. It can be used for

collaboration, communication, and learning.

http://news.medill.onrtwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=163293

DON’T THINK IT CAN

HAPPEN

TO YOUR FAMILY?

YOUR CLASSROOM?

STATISTICS20% of children age 10-17 have been solicited

sexually online; OR 1 in 5 kids!

One-third of kids have been contacted by a

stranger. Of these third, one-half were considered

inappropriate.

4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web daily

Most kids will not report inappropriate internet contact for fear

of losing internet privileges61% of 13-17 year olds have a personal profile page on social

networking sites44% of online teens with profiles like Facebook have been

contacted by a stranger compared to 16% of those without

profiles.

http://www.netlingo.com/tips/cyber-safety-statistics.php

THEORISTS

Too young to make clear judgements.

Too young to think through reprecussions.

Too young to see the big picture.

Too naïve.

Too trusting.

Unable to see all details.

Any

questions?

Facebook isn’t a bad form of media.

Children need monitored and access based on maturity and understanding of risks.

Parents MUST be active participant in monitoring children’s online involvement.

Parents need to understand Facebook.

Parents need to stay abreast of new computer technology.

In conclusion