Youth Matters: Afternoon event for Youth Workers
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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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Youth Matters: Afternoon event for Youth Workers
- 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
- 3. Published by Lion Hudson February 2014 Chinese/Italian editions in process http://j.mp/RCIDAge
- 4. Swap places if you…
- 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
- 17. Relationships…
- 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
- 19. The Bullied The Bully The Bystander
- 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’!
- 28. Other Conversations • The Law • Health & Wellbeing • Family Dynamics • Gaming • Critiquing • The future
- 29. Using Digital in Youth Work
- 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.
- 42. Boundaries • Work-specific device? • Don’t keep images of young people on personal devices • Define curfews
- 47. Focus on the Positives; Respect the Online
- 48. In Your Context…
- 49. @drbexl @digitalfprint Image credits: Screenshots, The Worship Cloud, Stockfresh, RGBStock, iStockphoto URL: http://j.mp/RCIDAYouth