Here's an email I received from Laura Tierney the other day that you and others might find interesting:
"Want the scoop on students' social media and tech use? Check out The Social Institute's latest article for the Family Online Safety Institute, where we break down the results of our recent nationwide survey of 13,000+ students from both independent and public schools.
Among the survey’s key findings:
- Snapchat is the preferred app for 9th through 12th graders, while 6th through 8th graders prefer YouTube to all other apps
- Instagram was ranked as the second most popular app for both groups.
- When it comes to cell phone ownership, less than half of 5th graders report having their own phone (42 percent), and that number steadily increases each year until 9th grade, where 98 percent of students have their own phone.
We also asked students what they wish their parents knew about social media and tech:
- “Not all of it is all bad and that it could be used for more purposes other than entertainment”
- “You can create a private account that only you and your friends can see”
- “How to use emojis correctly”
- “Sometimes technology helps bring kids closer together and spreads news and awareness”
- “Not all of it is inappropriate”
- “You can’t pause online games”
- “Just because they heard bad things about social media doesn’t mean we follow the trend”
- “It is not our entire lives, but it is a big part of us; it’s different than their childhood, and that’s OK”
New apps will come and go, but what should remain steady and timeless is the positive decision-making that we equip students to have across any social media account, platform, or device they use.
I hope you're doing well!
All the best,
Laura
Laura Tierney
Founder and CEO
The Social Institute
Empowering students to win at social media and technology
646-519-1683"
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