Social Media Introduction and Overview
Certain words and phrases have crept into our vocabulary that are so common to adolescents while some adults are still trying to figure out what they mean. Words like tweet, meme, hashtag, swipe right, and regram are part of a daily conversation in the new social norm. Socializing is far more than just being at school, on a sports team, or playing with neighbor friends. Socialization has dramatically moved to a 3x5 inch screen, or whatever the size of your latest iPhone upgrade is. Are parents fully aware of what their child is looking at in this new social world? To give you an idea of how involved adolescents are in social media, the following statistics were taken from a study done in December 2016 of 790 teens ages 13-17 throughout the United States (NORC, 2017). The following are percentages of teens who had an account on these apps: Instagram: 76% Snapchat: 75% Facebook: 66% (down from 71% in 2015) Twitter: 47% Tumblr, Twitch, LinkedIn: Less than ...