Social networking & Digital reputation

In this video two teens relay their experiences with positive and negative consequences of online reputations.


Some considerations and some tips for parents and students regarding social media use and your digital reputation. 

        Social networking is a great way to connect with family and friends and share photos, videos and conversations but it is also provides a way for strangers to contact you, or for bullying to happen.
        Friendship and acceptance is a high priority for young people which puts them at risk of ‘friending’ strangers
        Social networking presents the ‘perfect world’ scenario – a false reality for us all. Peer pressure is amplified.
        Social networking includes chat rooms where potentially you could be chatting with a predator, often an older person posing as a young person.
        Always be your child’s friend on any social networking site
        Check your privacy settings regularly – who can see your posts????
        Consider making a rule to turn off the chat function on these sites
        Parents – you need to be aware of the slang that young people use when chatting eg PIR, POS, 99
        Know how to block people
        Don’t friend people you don’t know just because they request to be your friend
        Don’t post anything online that you may regret – text, photos, videos
        Don’t post photos or videos of others without their permission
        Consider what you ‘like’ on Fb etc. – it will appear on your feed and is a reflection on you
        Your digital reputation is created by all of your online behaviour – what you post and how you respond to others
        Nothing you do online is private
        Once you put something “out there” on the Internet it may be there forever; it may not be possible to erase or undo it
        It’s easy to lose your inhibitions online and say or do something you’ll later regret
        Watch your language! Swearing is swearing
        Would you want your parents, your family, everyone to see or read everything you have put out there? They can – even if they are not on
        What does your selfie and/or amount of selfies say about you?
        Many employers use information from social media when choosing employees

        Parents – you are the role models for your children.

A parents guide to Facebook security settings


Watch how these teens respond when they find out that all their private social media posts have gone public.

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