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effectsonyouth

DanielJ.FlanneryPhDDr.SemiJ.andRuthBegunProfessor

Education

MandelSchoolofAppliedSocialSciences

CaseWesternReserveUniversity

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T es of Social Media utilized b outh

Computers

Texting Facebook

Smartphoneswithapps

ipads Te evision

Movies

Videogames

Tweeting

MySpace

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MobileMediaUsagebyUSTeensAge1317

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Use Consum tion of Social Media

(6070%daily)

Teensaverageover3000textspermonth100 ay

Textmessaginghasincreasedmost

dramatically,alongwithmediamultitasking

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Source:www.frankwbaker.com/mediause.htm

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Source:KaiserGenerationM2Kids/YouthMediaSurvey

(January2010)

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ThepercentageofU.S.Internetusers,ages1217,whodothe

followingonline:

89%sendorreademail

84%gotowebsitesaboutmovies,TVshows,musicgroups,orsports

81%playonlinegames

75%sendorreceiveinstantmessages

57%goonlinetogetinformationaboutcollege

43%buyonlinemerchandise

22%lookforinformationaboutahealthtopicthatshardtotalkabout

Source:PewInternet&AmericanLifeProject(July2005)

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TeenSocialNetworkingbythe

Numbers

.

22%ofteenschecktheirsitemorethan10timesaday.

.

37%ofteenshaveusedsitestomakefunofotherstudents.

o teens avecreate apro ew t a a se ent ty.

24%ofteenshavehackedintosomeoneelsessocialnetworkingaccount.

13%ofteenshavepostednudeorseminudepicturesorvideosof

themselvesorothers,online.

Source:CommonSenseMediasPollofSocialNetworking

(August2009)

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Vo ume

Intensity

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HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, GRADES 3HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOR, GRADES 3--88

EXPLANATORY

VARIABLE MODEL 1 MODEL 2 MODEL 3 MODEL 4 MODEL 5

DEMOGRAPHICS .1211

MONITORING

.

.0542

WATCHING VIOLENCE .194

RECENT VIOLENCE

EXPOSURE

.436

.242

PAST VIOLENCEEXPOSURE

.449

.013

1=ADJUSTED R2

2=INCREMENT IN R2

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Moreimmediate intenseandfre uent

Directeffects

Desensitization

Violenceandaggressionareacceptable

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Source:www.frankwbaker.com/mediause.htm

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Mediamultitaskingaffectsattention

Rea ityvs. antasy

Rolemodels Timeuse

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Impactofhighexposureon

behaviorandmentalhealth

otheragegroup(8hrs.,40minperday)

,

Lowerattachmenttoschool Shorterattentionspans

Amon outhwhore ortinternetharassment

victimizationandunwantedsexualencounters

sextin 25%re ortextremeu set

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withsignificantlyelevatedoddsofviolent

Exposuretomediaviolencedoesnotaffectall

Gender

.

Physicalvs.socialaggression

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fMRIstudiesshowexposuretoTVviolenceactivates

ra nreg ons a regu a eemo on,arousa an

attention,andepisodicmemory

aggressivescriptsstoredinlongtermmemorythatend

upinfluencingbehavior Aggressivemediaviewing=bluntingofemotional

responseandreducedattentionwithrepeatedviewing

,habituateamygdalaresponsestoviolentstimuli(loweremotionalimpact)

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Isexposuretomediaviolenceapublic

healthproblem?

mediaviolenceexposureleadstoaggressivebehavior

Averageeffectsizesarer=.08

Com ared to r= .90 for smokin and luncancer;geneticsandviolencer=.75;selfcontrolandcriminalbehaviorr=.58;poverty

andcrimer=.25;exposuretochildphysicalchildabuser=.25.

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Openphysical attacksonvictim

Verbal threats emotionalharm

Indirect(Relational)Bullying:(moretypicalofgirls)

Peerrejection

Socialnetworksites,facebook,twitter,email

Blowdownpages fakesitescreatedtospreadrumors

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Over30%ofmiddleandHSstudentsidentifyas

v ct msorperpetrators(somestudiesupto50%)

1522%admitcyberbullying others

About75%ofyouthrecentlywitnessedbullying

About1in3youthreporttheyhavebeena

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CyberbullyingMostrecentsurvey

16%ofstudentsre ortedc berbull in

26%reportedschoolbullyingpast12mos Higherbygirls(18%)thanboys(12%)

Nonheterosexualyouthmorelikelytoreport

cyber(33%

vs.

14%)

and

school

bullying

(42%

vs.

Depressionandattemptedsuicide(15%)highestforvictimsofbothc berandschoolbull in

From: Schneideretal(2012).AmJofPublicHealth.MetroWest AdolescentHealthSurve

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, ,

perpetratorsandbullyvictims

Incidenceofcyberbullying increaseswithagevs. acetoace u y ng

Risk bycomputertimeandsharing

passwords

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occursthroughemail,achatroom,instantmessaging,awebsite(includingblogs)ortextmessaging

Youthcanuseelectronicmediatoembarrass,harass,orthreatentheirpeers

9to35%ofyouthpeoplereportbeingvictimsofthistypeofviolence

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Disclosin someoneelses ersonalinformationina ublic

area(e.g.

website)

in

order

to

cause

embarrassment

Postingrumorsorliesaboutsomeoneinapublicarea(e.g.

scuss on oar

Distributingembarrassingpicturesofsomeonebyposting

themina ublicareaorsendin themviaemail

Assuminganotherpersonselectronicidentitytopostorsend

messagesaboutotherswiththeintenttocauseharm

Sendingmean,embarrassing,orthreateningtextmessages,instantmessages,oremails

Fromwww.cdc.gov

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Most outhre ortlittleornoinvolvementinelectronic

aggression

9to35%ofyouthreporttheyhavebeenavictimofEA

4%admitbehavingaggressivelyelectronicallymonthlyor

moreoftenoratleastonceinpast2months

Rumorspreading

Threateningoraggressivecomments

GirlsperpetrateEAmorethanboys

7to14%youthbothvictimsandperpetratorsofEA

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EAallowsadolescentstohidetheiridentity

identityoftheirvictim Whentheydoknowtheirvictim,abouthalfits

anotherstudentfromschool

Mostcommonlyvia: instantmessaging

textmessaging

victimknoweachother

www.cdc.gov

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Morelikelythannonvictimstoreportusingalcoholandotherdrugs

Receiveschoolsuspensionordetention

Skipschool

Experienceinpersonvictimization

Morelikelytoreportsignificantdistressif:

1)harassmentwasdonebysomeonetheyknow, 2)ifrepeatedbythesameperson,

3)ifharasser18yearsorolder,and

4)iftheharasseraskedforapicture

Inextremes,depression,selfharmandsuicide

. .

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Where does EA ha en?

perpetratedawayfromschoolgrounds

bullying

W atro ecanors ou sc oo sp ay nt e

identification,preventionandinterventionfor

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Com utermonitorin softwarenotsi nificant

Knowtheinternetyourself

phonesyourself

Educate outhaboutuseandvictimization Workdirectlywithschools;knowtheirpolicies

aboutsocialmedia,EA,cyberbullying

Utilizesocialmediaforpreventionandintervention(e.g.ICAC,facebook,textmessages)