1. Bell Work NETWORK SOCIAL
Answer the following question on a sheet of notebook paper…
Think about your past experiences and in your own words, define the following terms…
NETWORK
SOCIAL

2. Popular Social Networking Sites
The use of a website to connect people who share personal or professional interests
Popular Social Networking Sites

3. Why Use Social Networks?
Reconnect w/friends
Keep in touch with family
Express yourself
Easily share pictures & videos
Find jobs or other opportunities

4. Examples? Risks & Dangers Personal info can be viewed by all
Online comments are “permanent”
Think future jobs!
Identity thieves search for victims
Fake pages & cyber bullying
Cyber predators “groom” potential victims
Examples?

5. Danger! Beware!
In a small town of Connecticut, 7 teenage girls were sexually assaulted by men they met through MySpace…all in a span of 5 weeks!!
College girl was harassed and stalked by a “guy” she met online. That “guy” ended up being a female acquaintance from high school.
A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering his estranged wife after she changed her Facebook profile to “single”.
A 13 year old girl was sexually assaulted in a Texas parking lot after meeting a 19 year old boy she met on MySpace.
Video about Christina Long.

6. Think about it… What social networking sites do you belong to?
What information about yourself do you include on your social networking sites?

7. TMI? How much information is too much information?
What do you think?
Reading Assignment
Read the article
Make a list of all the tips that the article provides
Watch the social networking video.

8. SN Tips Only friends should be able to see your page
Only communicate w/people you know
Be careful what you blog about
Photos can reveal a lot!!
Do not include…
School, clubs, sports, address, work, certain interests, full name, etc.

9. What about Blogging? Blog or “weblogs” Journals (aka postings)
Journals posted on the Internet
Journals (aka postings)
Reverse chronological order
Area for comments of others
Can be about anything

10. Cyber Bullying What is it?
Harassment that occurs during online activities
Includes…
* Threatening s
* Nasty instant messaging
* Harassing text messaging
* Website set up to mock others
* “Borrowing” someone’s screen name & pretending to be them while posting a message
* Forwarding private messages, pictures, & videos to others

11. Beware of Cyber Bullies!!
College student was convicted of 14 counts of felony computer invasion of privacy (identity theft) for impersonating his ex-gf on MySpace
49 yr old Lori Drew impersonated a 16 yr old boy and sent harassing messages to 13 yr old Megan Meier including the last message, “everyone hates you…the world would be a better place without you”. Megan committed suicide in Oct by hanging herself
Lori Drew was been charged (by the FBI) w/ one count of conspiracy & three counts of accessing protected computers w/o authorization (w/ the intent to harm)
Video about Ryan Halligan.
Article on Ryan Halligan.
Ryan Halligan website.