Transcript The dangers of youth and media

Youth &
The Media
• Youth – Under 18 years old but focused on
middle and high schoolers
• Media – including forms of interpersonal
communication (cell phones, email, etc.) and
mass media (Books, TV, Movies, Internet, etc.)
• Technology-Electronic or digital products and
systems considered as a group
(dictionary.com)
Media and Technology in Youth
Education
Technology in the Classroom
1920s: educational radio broadcasts in the classroom
1930s: films (silent and sound) introduced
1940s: television, greater access to film and radio
1950s: instructional TV programs increase-- some even
replace teachers
1960s-70s: use of television declines
1980s: invention of the computer, adoption into classroom
1990s-Today…
Teachers and Machines:
The Classroom Use of Technology since 1920 (Larry Cuban).
Presented by Bridget Danish
and Faisal Sheikh
Current Technologies in Education
Interactive Whiteboard
Educational Software
-Learning via
Computers
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Grade School Programs
-Online Resources
Study Help Virtual Classrooms
Electronic Copyboard
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Field Mouse
How Can Technology Help Students?
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Through these technologies…
• Knowledge webs will complement teachers, texts, libraries,
and archives as sources of information;
• interactions in virtual communities will complement face-toQuic kTime™ and a
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• experiences in synthetic environments will extend learningby-doing in real world settings; and
• Sensory immersion will help learners grasp reality through
illusion.
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(Dr. Chris Dede, New Horizons)
New or Just a New Way of Doing It?
• Consider…
…Online
Homeschooling
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…The
technologies mentioned earlier:
Interactive whiteboard, copyboard,
Projector, microscope, mouse
Social Networking
“If you’re not on MySpace, you don’t exist” – Skyler, 18, to her mom
“I'm in the 7th grade. I'm 13. I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not the president of the
student body. Or captain of the debate team. I'm not the prettiest girl in my
class.
I'm not the most popular girl in my class. I'm just a kid. I'm a little shy. And it's
really hard in this school to impress people enough to be your friend if you're
not any
of those things. But I go on these really great vacations with my parents
between
Christmas and New Year's every year. And I take pictures of places we go. And I
write about those places. And I post this on my Xanga. Because I think if kids in
school read what I have to say and how I say it, they'll want to be my friend.”
–Vivien, 13, to Parry Aftab during a “Teen Angels” meeting
•What is social networking? How do these sites work?
-Facebook
-Myspace
-Linkedln
-Twitter
-Second Life
-bebo
-Friendster
-Xanga
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc
•The ‘MySpace generation’
•Who isn’t using it?
- Conscientious objectors
- Disenfranchised teens
• The appeal of social networking sites
- Music
- Friends
- Entertainment
•Safety and Privacy
•The future of SNS
The dangers of youth
and media
Cyber bullying
“When the Internet, cell
phones or other devices are
used to send or post text or
images intended to hurt or
embarrass another person.“
•Megan Meier
•Ryan Halligan
•Olivia Garnder
• 65% of their students between 8-14 have
been involved directly or indirectly in a cyber
bullying incident as the cyber bully, victim or
friend
Violence on Youtube
• 8 teenagers video a brutal beating to post
online.
• A search for “teenage fighting” brings up
7,210 results.
• Are kids fighting more? Are they just doing it
differently? If you prevented them from
posting things on the internet, would it stop
them from fighting?
The problem with technology…
• Provides anonymity / it feels like a “safe
world” without consequences
• Indirect form of bullying
• Information spreads much faster and is put
into the hands of masses
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Media Effects and Youth
Violence
Sexually Explicit Content
Drug & Alcohol Use
Body Image
Stereotyping
Who Regulates
the Media?
Who regulates the media?
• Federal Communications Commission
• Federal Trade Commission
• Self-Regulation by Companies
• Independent Grassroots Groups
Media
Regulation
Media Ethics
Who’s responsibility is it to ensure the safety of
youth when it comes to media exposure?
Ways to Combat Negative Media
Effects Without Overt Regulation
• Educating Youth in Media Literacy
• Parent-Child Interaction
• Moderation of media consumption
References:
• www.delicious.com/carolyn.grant2
• www.delicious.com/aatkins2
• www.delicious.com/pandagriffin
• www.delicious.com/mbreeland
• www.delicious.com/dschmitt89