Teens, Social Media, and Privacy Summary/Reflection

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy

                The article "Teens, Social Media, and Privacy" reveals details and information gathered through a survey/focus group of teen social media users. The article revolves around a survey that was conducted with 802 teen social media users. The survey was conducted on the past (2006) Facebook and MySpace teen users and also present day Facebook teen users. The article takes the survey and presents its findings in a clear and understandable way.

                I found the article" Teens, Social Media, and Privacy" very interesting! Most of the information that was discovered in the study was not very surprising to me. I was very aware that the percentage of information shared on a social media site had definitely increased in the past several years. Being a Facebook user myself, I was aware of what information was commonly shared such as: photos, hometown, present location, birthdays, etc. Even though I am a Facebook user myself, I do feel like the amount of information that is shared on a social media site is somewhat excessive. When it comes to social media sites, there is defiantly a fine line between public and private. For many teens, I think that line becomes very blurry and is hard to distinguish. It is very important for parents and teachers to teach teens the importance of privacy!