Group items tagged

Through an empirical, secondary analysis of 588 teens (ages 12 - 17) and one of their parents living in the United States, we present useful insights into how parental privacy concerns for their teens and different parental mediation strategies (direct intervention versus active mediation) influence teen privacy concerns and privacy risk-taking and risk-coping privacy behaviors in social media. Our results suggest that the use of direct intervention by itself may have a suppressive effect on teens, reducing their exposure to online risks but also their ability to engage with others online and to learn how to effectively cope with online risks. Therefore, it may be beneficial for parents to combine active mediation with direct intervention so that they can protect their teens from severe online risks while empowering teens to engage with others online and learn to make good online privacy choices.

24% of teens go online "almost constantly," facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones. Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily - including 24% who say they go online "almost constantly," according to a new study from Pew Research Center.

2015 Pew Research Center report on teen use of social media. Reporting includes no use of smartphones and other devices have facilitated teens being constantly online - 24% according to the report. Also, girls tend to use social media platforms more and boys focus more time on playing video games.

This article looks at how parental guidance can reinforce digital etiquette and safety for children and teens with regard to technology use. The results supported that teens developed better digital citizenship with the direction of parents in higher economics circumstances.

Some useful tips not just for teenagers, but for any users of social media looking to protect their privacy and online. I particularly liked the tip on modeling proper social media use for teens. The district I am in has blocked all social media sites (even Pinterest!) and so the students use VPNs to get around the blocks instead of allowing teachers and others to realistically demonstrate how to navigate social media sites in a healthy way it becomes something that is forbidden to be on.

How teenagers weigh perceived risks versus benefits in what they reveal online. Many teenagers supply false information in order to protect their identity which makes online advertising less effective towards them. Also, study indicates that how savvy a teen is in regards to thinking critically about the intent of advertisements and the strategies companies use offline the more they were able to identify the same tactics online.

Electronic Media and Parental Influence In this section we examine parents' role in their adolescents' use of electronic media to communicate with friends and strangers. To start, what do parents know about the various communication forms and their teens' use of them?

Use of teens and social media

Social Media Teens Privacy Digital Use

Cheating in American high schools is widespread if not endemic. And it usually works. That's the report card from American teenagers. In an exclusive ABCNEWS Primetime poll of 12- to 17-year-olds, seven in 10 say at least some kids in their school cheat on tests. Six in 10 have friends who've...