Transcript Media, Social Networking & Our Children

Media, Social Networking
& Our Children
Popular Social Networking Sites Include:
-Facebook
-Tumblr
-YouTube
-Twitter
-Instagram
-Pinterest
-Deviantart
Social Networking Vocab
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Tweet: a post on twitter
Facebook Friend: facebook members who you have accepted friend
requests from.
Facebook Tag: a tag enables you to identify people in photos, videos,
status updates, and notes.
Facebook Profile: displays your overall picture, your interests, wall,
photos, friends, etc.
Facebook wall: a place on your profile where status updates, comments,
and posts are shared.
Facebook Status: an update feature for users to share there thoughts with
other facebook friends.
Facebook Check-in: a location based post usually done by your smart
phone.
To “Like”: clicking like indicates what you like on facebook. You can like
friends posts, pictures, status updates,etc.
Profile Picture: your main photo on you facebook profile.
Pin: posting on pinterest
Followers: people who follow you / following: people you follow
Geotagg: adding geographical identification to your post ( instagram
pictures)
Facebook Privacy Settings
Find and click the drop down menu in the upper right hand side of the screen. Select Privacy Settings.
You will be prompted with 5 different settings.
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How You Connect- This dictates who can look up your profile by name or contact information,
who can send you friend requests, who can send you facebook messages, who can post on
your facebook wall, who can see posts on your wall by others.
How Tags Work- This setting lets you decide who can tag you in posts. You can review tags
before they are posted (pictures), also you can limit who can see tags of you if you are checked
into a place.
Apps and Websites- This setting lets you edit what information is available to the public when
you link websites or apps on your facebook page.
Limit the Audience for Past Posts- This setting lets you limit how long you would like posts to
remain visible to your audience.
Blocked People & Apps: This setting allows you to block people and application invites.
http://www.facebook.com/
Tumblr is a blogging platform that lets you
effortlessly share anything.You can post text,
photos, quotes, links, music, videos and even other
people’s blog posts into your blog, and share it with
other people.
http://nikkerbokker.tumblr.com/
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging
service that allows you answer the question,
"What are you doing?" by sending short text
messages up to 140 characters in length, called
"tweets", to your friends, or "followers."
https://twitter.com/
Its a fun way to share your photos with friends.
Snap a picture with your iPhone, choose a filter
to transform its look, geotagg your location,
then post to Instagram. Share to Facebook,
Twitter, and Tumblr too. It's photo sharing,
reinvented.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows users to
organize and share the things you find interesting on the
web (pictures, recipes, products, ect.) You can browse
pinboards created by other people to discover new things
and get inspiraton from people who share your interests.
http://pinterest.com/
• YouTube Channel: A customized
homepage for a YouTube account. It
features your user information, videos
you have uploaded, videos you like by
others
http://www.youtube.com/
deviantART
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• deviantART is a platform that allows
emerging and established artists to exhibit,
promote, and share their works within a peer
community dedicated to the arts. The site's
vibrant social network environment receives
over 100,000 daily uploads of original art
works ranging from traditional media, such
as painting and sculpture, to digital art, pixel
art, films and anime.
http://www.deviantart.com/