This document provides information from a workshop on using social media safely for youth leaders. It discusses communicating appropriately online, dealing with issues like bullying, privacy settings, and having difficult conversations around topics like pornography. Guidelines are presented for using social media in youth work, including getting permissions, maintaining appropriate language and boundaries, and prioritizing safeguarding. Overall, the workshop aims to help youth leaders leverage digital tools positively while respecting online spaces and protecting youth.
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Social Media Workshop Guide for Youth Leaders
1. Social Media Workshop
for Youth Leaders
Dr Bex Lewis, Digital Fingerprint
URL: http://j.mp/RCIDAYouth
February 2016 for Cores End Church, Bucks
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
10. The CHILDWISE “Digital Lives” Report asked children to go
back in time and explain to Victorian children what the
internet was.
Many of the oldest tried to explain how the internet
works, but others, and especially the younger children,
focused on what the internet enables them to do – a place
to communicate, to find things out, to play games, to
create and have fun. Several referred explicitly to the all-
encompassing nature of what is on offer to them via the
internet. (My italics.)
Raising Children in a Digital Age, p64
13. Agree/Disagree statements
• On social networking sites such as Facebook, Snapchat etc, it’s okay to
put your address and telephone number on your profile page.
• There is no harm in putting the name of the school you attend on your
social networking profile page.
• It’s easy to forget the Internet is a public space.
• Once photos have been posted on the Internet they can’t be removed.
• If you have been chatting to someone who knows someone who knows
someone who knows someone you know, does this make them your
friend? Should you be chatting to them online?
• People with bad intentions use the Internet to make friends with children/
young people.
• If you were on the street chatting to someone you liked the look of but
didn’t know, would you give them your mobile number?
• When using social media sites you would only write things on your wall or
post pictures that you would be happy for your parents to see.
• It’s illegal to send indecent pictures of yourself or anyone else.
• When chatting to people on Internet or through games consoles, you can
tell if they are telling the truth.
http://www.childrenandyouth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Social-Media-training-ideas.pdf
15. Permanency
• Facebook has appeared in the press several times as
its privacy settings are by default quite open, and can
be hard to find and change. Many people believe
young people don’t care about privacy, but research
has demonstrated that they do and are largely
confident about managing their privacy settings, with
less than 1 per cent describing the process on
Facebook as “very difficult”. Some also feel that
online spaces offer more safety, privacy, and control
than offline ones (especially if they share a room),
with one girl (fourteen to fifteen) saying, “The real
world’s not that safe, is it?”
• Raising Children in a Digital Age, p89
16. • EXERCISE: Get children to try a search of their name,
and its variations: for example, I would look for
“Rebecca Lewis” as well as “Bex Lewis”.
• Encourage the child to think about what their profile
would look like if an alien landed and just had their
social media to read.
• List the types of information they are sharing, the
issues associated with sharing, and the appropriate
actions that should be taken to avoid problems
arising.
Adapted from Raising Children in a Digital Age, p98
18. One noticeable difference in the digital era, especially
as the social platforms have stabilized, is that it’s
difficult to leave anyone behind, which can be delicate
to negotiate:
Generally, it is socially unacceptable to delete a
Friend one knows. When this is done, it is primarily
after a fight or breakup. In these situations, the act
of deletion is spiteful and intentionally designed to
hurt the other person.
Raising Children in a Digital Age, p.106
20. The bully: disinhibition
The bully doesn’t see the
distress that they cause, feels
safe from capture, and
protected by the technology,
able to say things that they
would never say offline.
21. The bystander
The only thing
necessary for the
triumph of evil is that
good men do nothing
Quote commonly (and probably erroneously)
attributed to Edmund Burke
24. Some useful sites for those needing help
• http://www.papyrus-uk.org (preventing young suicide)
• http://www.thetrevorproject.org (suicide prevention for
LGBTQ youth)
• http://www.childline.org.uk/ (confidential helpline for
those under 19)
• http://www.beatbullying.org (advice about cyberbullying,
and opportunities to report your own situation, or
someone else’s)
• http://twloha.com/vision (US based site for those
struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and
suicidal thoughts)
• http://www.athinline.org (MTV site for those suffering
digital abuse)
• http://www.itgetsbetter.org (for those suffering LGBT
abuse)
25. Stranger Danger
“On average 11 children are killed by a
stranger each year in the UK … there
are more than 11 million children in the
UK” (Netmums)
http://drbexl.co.uk/2016/01/26/digitalparenting-murder-games-the-life-and-death-of-breck-bednar
26. Another Tough Conversation: Porn
We need to have more to
say than ‘porn is bad’
• ‘Rite of Passage’? = No
• ‘Being a Man’? = No
• Girls see as harmless? = ?
• Education? = Best
example?
• In churches, if waiting til
marriage = not ‘doing’!
30. As a youth leader, it is a very convenient way
of messaging and informing members of our
youth group, and inviting them to events and
[connecting with] each other when we're not
together… Sadly for your child to be the only
one in a group NOT to have access to
Facebook can itself be a matter for isolation -
they may not get invitations to youth events
for example, and ridicule and bullying for
being the 'odd one out'. (Parent, 16-19)
38. Permissions/Consent
• Parent’s permission before
contact
• Consent for use of photographs
• Catchall statement for
registration forms – assumes
opt-in unless opt-out.
39. Language
• Use clear, unambiguous
language, avoiding
abbreviations that can be
mis-interpreted.
• Take care with sign-offs
40. Accountability
• Leaders/Young People develop agreed
‘Internet Guidelines’
• Line manager // access to social media
accounts
• Second leader ‘in the room’
• Save messages/disclosures for use later
if required.
41. Confidentiality
• Be prepared for ‘deeper’
disclosures
• Be clear on how much advice/
source you can give.
• Add a disclaimer on how you might
need to share their information.