{"id":808,"date":"2013-11-26T06:48:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2013-11-26T06:57:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:57:48","slug":"wwr_26nov13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/wwr_26nov13\/","title":{"rendered":"What We’re Reading This Week: Social Stalking Lesson, NJ Social Media Literacy Law, Kids’ FOMO Fuels New Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LynetteOwens_Trend_bw_edit\"<\/a>By Lynette Owens<\/p>\n

Week of November 25, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

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To help you keep up with what\u2019s going on with kids, families, schools, and technology, we\u2019ve compiled a list of stories, tips, and insights, we\u2019ve found most useful over the past week.\u00a0 What have you been reading? Tell us below or Tweet\u00a0@TrendISKF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And for those in the U.S., a very Happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n

SOCIAL STALKING LESSON: <\/b>Filmmaker Jack Vale recently conducted a social experiment<\/a> where he found users of social networks in Huntington Beach, California that had posted information about their location and identity online. Using photos, check-ins and usernames, Vale was able to shock and identify people walking in the area that he had never met before.\u00a0 <\/b>Like the now defunct site \u201cPlease Rob Me\u201d which exposed people\u2019s whereabouts based on their social media posts, this is a good reminder to understand and use your privacy settings.<\/p>\n

FACEBOOK FOR TWEENS?<\/b>: Michelle Quinn of the San Jose Mercury News claims Facebook has a youth problem<\/a>, so to salvage their younger user base, Quinn says Facebook should open up its service to those under 13 to help the company thrive. She proposes that do this by providing additional privacy and security settings or by creating a separate \u201cFacebook Jr.\u201d service.<\/p>\n

Not sure I agree for two reasons:\u00a0 1. Facebook needs to make money, which is through advertising to people who can spend money (typically older) and 2. Building FB Jr. is what parents want, not what young people want.\u00a0 Cool will never be where your parents are (and I say this as a parent of 2!).\u00a0 In my opinion, Facebook just needs to do what it does as well as it can.\u00a0 The service is a bit non-intuitive and has become more complicated for many users.\u00a0 If they make the user-experience fantastic and more simple, maybe people won\u2019t leave.<\/p>\n

NJ VOTES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA LITERACY<\/b>:\u00a0 A New Jersey senate panel last week approved a measure requiring schools throughout the state to teach the benefits and dangers of social media<\/a>. The plan requires a full senate vote before it will go before Governor Chris Christie.<\/p>\n

Good news: they\u2019ve made it a priority.\u00a0 Bad news: it\u2019s not a stand-alone course you can teach.\u00a0 Teaching kids to be digitally and media literate means teaching them all the ways social media can be used for good or not, whether for social reasons, academic reasons, etc.\u00a0 It\u2019s not as simple as a one-shot assembly.\u00a0 Please NJ: take the time and look at digital and media literacy in schools in a more comprehensive way!<\/p>\n

KIDS\u2019 FOMO FUELS NEW APPS:<\/b> As teens flock away from mainstream social networks like Twitter and Facebook, brands are looking to reach them through apps such as Kik, Snapchat, Vine and Tumblr<\/a>. MTV’s UK and Ireland marketing chief Jo Bacon says \u201cthe development of these up-and-coming sites is driven by fear of missing out,\u201d also known as \u201cFOMO,\u201d rather than primarily being an outlet beyond parents\u2019 watchful eye.\u00a0 Kids understandably want to be where the action is.<\/p>\n

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See you next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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