Social networking & Digital reputation
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.
Comments
Post a Comment