Monday, December 5, 2011
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Fodeman, D., & Monroe, M. (2009, June). The impact of Facebook on our students. Teacher Librarian, 36(5), 36-40.
Hargittai, E. (2007). Whose space? Differences among users and non-users of social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated
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Jayson, S. (2009, April 2). For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too. USA TODAY, p. D7.
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Press Room Company Timeline (2011). Facebook. Retrieved December 5, 2011 from the World Wide Web:
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http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
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Whelan, D. (2007). Teens don't reveal personal info online. School Library Journal, 53(2), 18.
Fodeman, D., & Monroe, M. (2009, June). The impact of Facebook on our students. Teacher Librarian, 36(5), 36-40.
Hargittai, E. (2007). Whose space? Differences among users and non-users of social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, 13(1), article 14. Retrieved October 10, 2009 from the World Wide Web: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/hargittai.html
Jayson, S. (2009, April 2). For teens, a friend online is usually a friend offline, too. USA TODAY, p. D7.
Kelsey, C. M. (2007). Generation MySpace: Helping your teen survive online adolescence: How social networking is changing everything
about friendship, gossip, sex, drugs, and our kids’ values. New York: Marlowe & Company.
Lee, S. J. (2009). Online communication and adolescent social ties: who benefits more from Internet use? Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, 14, 509-531.
Livingstone, S. (2008). Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers’ use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy
and self-expression. New Media & Society, 10(3), 393-411.
Mallan, K., & Giardina N. (2009). Wikidentities: Young people collaborating on virtual identities in social network sites. First Monday (Online),
14(6). Retrieved September 6, 2009 from Library Lit & Inf Full Text database.
McMillan, S. J., & Morrison, M. (2006). Coming of age with the internet: a qualitative exploration of how the internet has become an integral
part of young people’s lives. New Media & Society, 8, 73-95.
Montgomery, K. C. (2007). Generation digital: Politics, commerce, and childhood in the age of the Internet. Cambridge: Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Press Room Company Timeline (2011). Facebook. Retrieved December 5, 2011 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?timeline
Press Room Statistics (2009). Facebook. Retrieved October 12, 2009 from the World Wide Web:
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
Rethlefsen, M. (2009, July). Making connections. Library Journal, 134(12), 48-49.
Robson, M. (2009). Media & Internet: How teenagers consume media. London: Morgan Stanley Research Europe.
Rosen, L. D. (2007). Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the net generation. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Whelan, D. (2007). Teens don't reveal personal info online. School Library Journal, 53(2), 18.
Findings/Discussion/Conclusion
- Research on the rise
- Opportunities for further research
- Debates
- Significance of studies
For further discussion, visit the Social Media and Teens Wiki!
Risks vs. Benefits
Risks/Dangers
Benefits
- Addiction
- Safety
- Privacy and personal information
- Predators
- Communicating interactively
- Cohesive friendships
- Social skills
- Technological proficiency
- Information literacy
Users
Who Uses?
Predictors of Usage
- Teen reports own Facebook use >4x a week (Robson, 2009, p. 2)
- 70% of seventh graders have accounts (Fodeman & Monroe, 2009, p. 36)
Predictors of Usage
- Youth with more experience and autonomy (Hargittai, 2007).
- Students with higher socioeconomic status and higher levels of education (Hargittai, 2007).
- Self display and self worth
- Real life friends
Background on Social Networking Sites
MySpace:
The Beginning of Social Networking for Young People
The Beginning of Social Networking for Young People
- Founded by University of California graduates Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe
- Purpose: to create "an online social-networking community in which teens are encouraged to meet, communicate, and share personal information and pictures" (Kelsey, 2007, p. xiii).
Communication is key. Adolescents have history of using the Internet to communicate--first through e-mail, instant messaging and gaming websites--until social networking and virtual communities appeared.
(Rosen, 2007, p. 3)
Facebook:
The Continuation of Social Networking for Young People
- Created for college student networking in early 2004--launched by Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Eduardo Saverin (Press Room, 2011).
- Expanded 149% between Feb. 2008 and Feb. 2009 alone (Rethlefsen, 2009, p. 49).
- More than 750 million users as of July 2011 (Press Room, 2011).
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