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Everything you need to know about online behavior.
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Digital Citizenship
Survey
H-1
Online Risks
• Inappropriate Content• Inappropriate Conduct• Inappropriate Contact
NYTimes Article on Formspring
CNN article on 4chan
CNN Article on ChatRoulette H9
Anonymous
A broad audience
Photoshop
Can’t take it back
Wild Wild West
Ethical Fault Lines• Identity• Privacy• Authorship & Ownership• Participation
“Meeting of Minds: Cross-Generational Dialogue on the Ethics of Digital Life” GoodPlay Project at Harvard University’s Project Zero, Global Kids Inc., and Common Sense Media (October 2009)
IDENTITY
Teen Thinking - Identity Why be yourself when you can turn yourself into someone you would rather be?
Have freedom to be who we want others to believe we are.
Online provides place for experimentation and feedback.
Be Cool. Fit In.
Concerned more about personal consequences than effects of their behavior on others.
Privacy
False sense of privacy + anonymity + lack of social responsibility = ????
Rutgers University
“… some students don’t have the basic discretion to know what’s appropriate.”
Project Civility
Spammers, hackers, “trolls”, strangers
College admissions, employers, intern programs, summer camps, parents
Searchable & not easily deleted
Unintended Audiences
Willing to share with peers not adults
Few youth spoke of risks & potential harms of sharing
Transparency
Police??
connections H 14
Teen Voice vs. Adult Voice
• “..once you realize exactly the scope of the website, it’s easy to use it … with minimal risk.”
• “…... Paranoid…...”
• “… privacy means … wanting … those FEW with whom I decide to share, to know.”
Univ. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, University Marketing Study, 2009
Do you research potential students via search engines and/or social networking sites? (% Yes)
16% 17%26%
21%23%
17%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Search Engines Social Networking Sites
2007
2008
2009
For scholarships & high-demand programs
To avoid embarrassment to School
Participation:Being a Responsible Citizen Online
Positive• Communal & participatory• Community rules• Empowerment• Mentorship• Camaraderie• Activism• Participate when they
choose• Contributions valued
Negative• Hate speech• Language• Sexual behavior• Intimidation• Depersonalization• Token activism• Cheating in games
H 18
Authorship & OwnershipMedia Creation & Knowledge Sharing
Intellectual Property
Ilegal downloading & pirating
Giving credit for use or remix
Why they download: Easy Lack of money It’s available
“Get in trouble”
Java-loopholes-exe files
A “want to”; A break; A reward; A distraction*Your grades on FacebookImpact of FacebookOpen GraphHackers Use AppsStrangers as Friends
17-2525-34*
*GWU Study 2009
H 21
Realities of
• Pictures can be copied• >18 is google-able• Public pages• Fake fan pages• Don’t own content• Risky apps – 1,000s of scams target teens• Hackable / Phishable• Money maker
H 23
CyberbullyingLaw:S. 1492:
Broadband Data Improvement Act (signed by President Bush Oct. 10, 2008. Public law No. 110-385)
--requires schools to educate (NetCetera)
AB 86 (CA) amended CA Ed Code Sec. 48900-48927
--can suspend or expel
A Fine Line – harassment or free speech (ACLU)
Spills onto campuses: avoid class, failing grades, contemplate suicide
Schools set clear expectations for students and educators
H 23 - Books
Harvard Findings Oct 2009
• Most prevalent:“I do online what I want to do online. I don’t feel
it is anyone’s business to tell me what I shouldn’t do. I don’t feel responsible to people online. I feel it’s more for me; not for anybody else.”
Scarcity of Ethical Thinking• Ability to think about
the impact of online choices for one’s groups, communities, nation and world
• Rarest way of thinking found in teens
Harvard Findings• Have no control so laugh and move on• Internet is for fun• Feel powerless– Individualistic thinking– – Consequence thinking
Socialization F2F
What will your footprint cost you
My Footprints.org
The Future of Reputation
H 27
Absence of Supports
• Adult mentors
• Adults are virtually absent
• Adults emphasize Internet safety over ethics and citizenship
• Adults bring: Traditions, knowledge, experience
Discussion & Presence
• Initiate conversations • Ask the right questions• Model – Engage• Teach morals and ethics• Find a meeting of the minds NO
YES
Advocacy / Social Good
Challenge them to see themselves as citizens of online communities
Consequential
Meaningful
Powerful
New Media is beneficial-- We should not lock it out.
Suggested Curriculum
• Mon.: Identity, Privacy & Social networks• Tues.: Online Safety• Wed.: Piracy, Copyright & Plagiarism• Thurs.: Acceptable Use & Cyberbullying• Fri.: Check for Understanding
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Resources
• NetCetera: Link• Natl School Boards Assn: “Creating & Connecting”• The Good Work Project: Link• CA Coalition on Children’s Internet Safety & CA
Office of Privacy Protection: Link• The Future of Reputation: Daniel Solove• Born Digital: Link
More Resources
• Cyberbullying: School Bullies article• OCDE CyberSafe Videos: Link• Cyberbullying: Wash Post article• Project Civility – Rutgers University – articles
and talking points: Civility• Cybercitizenship.org: Instruction• Alexa.com – Web Information website
More Resources
• CyberSmartCurriculum.org: More Instruction• CyberBullying Research Center• Article from Education Leadership: Footprints
in the Digital Age (be googled well)• Henry Jenkins, USC, video: Raising the Digital
Generation• Pew Internet & American Life Project: Link
People to Follow
• danah boyd: Link• Peter Cashmore: Mashable• Henry Jenkins: Link• New Media Literacies Project, USC Annenberg
School of Communications & Journalism: Link
