“ “I have my principal on there, and my boss is on Facebook, you know, ev-eryone's on Facebook. So I don't put anything on there that could poten-tially reflect badly on me. - Robin, 18

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All the teachers and the students follow each other... I think it’s nice having that connection between teachers and students. It doesn’t make it as bad. It makes high school a lot more memorable and more in-teresting. - Alan, 18

“ “I got advice from my friends about colleges, the col-lege process, especially past seniors who graduated last year. I actually used social media to talk to them. - Jamie, 18

“[My principal] sees my personal life. But it let me know that what I put on social network sites is not a secret and that anybody can see it... He helped me actually change what I put on Instagram and how I tweet and stuff like that. - Tania, 17

“I have an open account and there are principals and teachers fol-lowing me from all over the country, I wouldn’t post something [personal] like that. - Sophia, 16

““If you are answering some-body’s question on there, it’s like I would want somebody else to answer my question and help me with my own personal progress. I want to give somebody else that. I want to help them with whatev-er they are doing.” – Isaac, 18

5 Things You Thought You Knew

aboutTEENS & SOCIAL MEDIA

This information comes from studies conducted by the youth online research group, supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

http://youthonline.ischool.drexel.edu publications available at:

Yes!has asked

No,but would

No!wouldn’t askBlablabla

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WOULD TEENS ASK ABOUT IT ONLINE?

School 76.6% 17.7% 5.7%Social Activities 56.1% 27.4% 16.6%Entertainment 50.6% 36.7% 12.7%College 41.7% 46.2% 12.2%Shopping 40.5% 35.4% 24.1%Clubs or Orgs 35.3% 41.7% 23.1%Work 30.4% 47.5% 22.2%Self Appearance 27.8% 22.8% 49.4%Current Events 26.5% 42.6% 31.0%Career 24.4% 48.1% 27.6%Romantic 19.6% 22.2% 58.2%Family 19.6% 39.9% 40.5%Health 14.7% 44.9% 40.4%Religion 12.0% 28.5% 59.5%Sexual Identity 7.6% 21.0% 71.3%

Myth! Teens talk about EVERYTHING online.

TEENS WANT PRIVACY AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEIR ONLINEACTIONS AFFECT HOW PEOPLE SEE THEM.

Facebook and other SOCIAL MEDIA just distract from school. Myth!

77%

??OF TEENS SURVEYED USED SOCIAL MEDIA TO ASK QUESTIONS A B O U T S C H O O L A N D A N -O T H E R 1 8 % W O U L D .

S C H O O L W O R KSCHO OL CLUBS

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT&

ARE USES OF SOCIAL MEDIA THAT TEENS OFTEN DESCRIBE.

Facebook and other SOCIAL MEDIA only distract students from school. Myth! Teens’ use of social media is frivolous.

Myth! It’s DANGEROUS for teens to interact with adults online. !

INTERACTING WITH TEACH-ERS AND OTHER ADULTS IS A

PLACE TO LEARN A B O U T T H I N G S L I K E

P R I V A C Y A N D

ONLINE CIVILITY.

WHAT TEENS & ADULTS ASK THEIR O N L I N E S O C I A L N E T W O R K S

40%

30%

20%

10%

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INVITATION

RECOMMENDATION

TEENS

ADULTS

TEENS USE THE INTERNET TO MEET INFORMATION NEEDS OF OTHERS AND CONTRIBUTE TO PROJECTS & DISCUSSIONS. % TEENS WHO’VE ASKED OR AN-

SWERED Q’S ON SOCIAL MEDIA

asked answered

? 61%77% !Myth! Internet in schools and libraries is just for finding information.