chelmsford diocese: youth workers
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Working with young people in a digital age: opportunities & risks
Dr Bex LewisSenior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Today
1) The Digital Environment
2) Knowing your values
3) Identifying vulnerable users
4) Building resilience
5) Using social media as a youth worker
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Understand!
“If we want resilient kids we need to understand what young people’s experiences are online, listen to their concerns, and intervene with their best interests in mind.”Jane Tallim, Co-Executive Director, MediaSmarts, Canada, January 2015 http://mediasmarts.ca/research-policy/young-canadians-wired-world-phase-iii-trends-recommendations
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The Digital Environment
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Is it the end of the
world as we know it?
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The Myth of the Digital
Native
Image Credit: StockfreshRead more: http://drbexl.co.uk/2014/02/11/digitalparenting-the-myth-of-the-digital-native-sid2014
https://www.verywell.com/social-media-contract-for-tweens-and-parents-3288520
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04/03/17https://www.statista.com/chart/5194/active-users-of-social-networks-and-messaging-services/
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@vahva“.. People find it easy and more comfortable to ask questions about faith in a private space online… people on social media are directly contactable in a way that has not previously been so easy; paradoxically there is a distance offered by the online environment akin to the screen in the confessional box” (p18)
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Pokemon?
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Knowing Your Values
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I’m a passionate believer that we need to be ‘incarnational’ in the digital spaces, whether those are
specifically ‘Christian’ spaces or not, but that we need to understand how
to be ‘resident’ in those spaces, rather than merely ‘visiting’ to do a
‘bit of reaching out’.http://www.threadsuk.com/redeeming-culture-in-a-digital-age
Bex Lewis, May 2014
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Carl Medearis
Relax, enjoy your friends. Enjoy their company along with the company of Jesus. Point him out, freely, without fear or intimidation. You’re not responsible to sell him to them. You’re simply saying what you’ve seen. You're not the judge. You’re the witness.
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Social Media or Society?
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“If we don’t like what social media is presenting us [with], we should look at society instead, not just the tool they communicate with.”
Caroline Criado-Perez, 2013
Source: http://www.interhacktives.com/2013/12/04/5th-hackney-debate-social-media-blessing-curse/
A good [wo]man brings good things out of the good stored up in his/her heart, and an evil [wo]man brings evil things out of
the evil stored up in his/her heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:45 (New International Version [edited])
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[If we are…] means by which God communicates and reveals himself through his Spirit, then our blog posts, status updates, tweets, artistic images, and online comments should be products of a life transformed by Christ and indwelled by his Spirit. As restored image bearers, our online presence and activity should image the Triune God.
Byers, A. Theomedia(2013, 196)
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24/7 Values? What do you stand FOR?
• Authentic – be a consistent ‘you’
• Transparent – be honest, where’s the source?
• Self-aware – note your ‘tone of voice’
• Integrity – own your own content
• Self-control – be aware of consequences
• Patience – hold the trigger finger before send
• Non-manipulative – ‘love Jesus’ = send this! No!
• Kindness – encourage others
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Identifying Vulnerable Users
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Vulnerable children and young people are not a self-contained or static group. Any child/young person may be vulnerable at some time depending on any one, or a combination of, the risks or challenging life events they face and their resilience
(Cross et al, 2009, p.9)http://www.cwrc.ac.uk/projects/documents/OnlinevulnerabilityReporttoDFE-Final-October2011.pdf
See also: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/44222 and https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/online-abuse/who-is-affected/
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Who sees this?
1. God2. Parents3. ‘Kids’4. Newspaper5. Enemy
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Addiction?
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SexualisedImagery
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The Bullied
The Bully
The Bystander
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Adoption & Fostering
“Users need to be particularly careful about the information that is shared, whether by themselves, or by their friends, and all users need to look out for clever tricks, such as ‘viral’ missing person posts, whether for partners, or for children. Some are a hoax, others are for people in hiding or under police protection, and others are for children who have been adopted because of the risk of significant harm. If you are even thinking of sharing, check with police or Interpol records, but in any case, notify the police, so that they have the opportunity to offer safeguarding protection if required.”Chapman, K. (2015), ‘Be careful about “missing person” posts’, Google+. Retrieved from: https://plus.google.com/+KimberlyChapman/posts/gn8ZrgGnMXK, and Barefoot Social Work (2015), ‘The Dangers of Social Media for 'Missing' Children’. Retrieved from: http://barefootsocialwork.weebly.com/blog/the-dangers-of-social-media-for-missing-children
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Developing Resilience
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Responsibility?
“Social media companies have a responsibility to protect people who use their technology, and we want to hear what more can be done to keep children and young people safe from online threats.This Government is determined to make Britain the safest country in the world for young people to be online, and to make sure that everyone – including the public sector, technology firms, parents and children themselves – is playing their part.”Karen Bradey MP, Government Internet Safety Strategy, April 2017http://drbexl.co.uk/2017/04/20/media-discussing-responsibility-social-media-companies-re-safer-internet-ucbmedia/
Increased time spent online will most likely increase exposure to negative experiences – but also the positive opportunities. Nancy Willard, a cyberbullying expert, calls for us to work on the “understanding that the vast majority of young people want to make good choices, do not want to be harmed, and do not want to see their friends or others harmed”. We can’t control their whole environment, online or offline, so parents need to give their children the capability to deal with problems as they come across them.
Raising Children in a Digital Age, p.63
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BBC: Be Smart
“We’re doing this because all the research tells us that children and young people respond best to their peers. Whether they’re under pressure to take part in a dangerous prank, or to victimise someone, or whether they’re an online bully themselves, stories told by other young people are most likely to resonate and to help them cope, or change their behaviour.”Andrew Tomlinson, Executive Producer, Media Literacy, BBC Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/entries/f1f50247-4902-4998-bf58-3e2d3c007587
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Sexting
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DISCUSS THE ISSUES…
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Know when to…
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Using social media as a youth leader
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Permissions/Consent
• Parent’s permission before contact
• Consent for use of photographs
• Catchall statement for registration forms – assumes opt-in unless opt-out.
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Language
• Use clear, unambiguous language, avoiding abbreviations that can be mis-interpreted.
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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.
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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.
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Boundaries
•Work-specific device?
•Don’t keep images of young people on personal devices
•Define curfews
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What do others do?
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http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/safeguarding/raising-awareness/communicating-responsibly-with-young-leaders-coaches-and-referees-u18.ashx
What do others do?
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http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/safeguarding/raising-awareness/communicating-responsibly-with-young-leaders-coaches-and-referees-u18.ashx
• http://www.youthworkresource.com/social-networking-child-protection/
• http://www.methodist.org.uk/media/1465950/Social-Media-Guidelines-for-workers.pdf
• http://j.mp/1okEq4f• http://j.mp/1lSUVom• https://www.churchofengland.org/media/37378/protectingall
godschildren.pdf• http://www.louthmethodist.org.uk/Louth%20Methodist%20C
hurch%20and%20Circuit%20Photographics%20Policy%20final.pdf
