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Safe Smart Social sur Twitter : ""What is Instagram? A Parent Guide (Video)" Twitter Reporting by SumAll. Putting Twitter to the test. The timely and effective use of social media in the hours and days following the Boston Marathon bombings may serve as a model for other law enforcement agencies in the United States, according to a report published as part of the New Perspectives in Policing Series by the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). The new report, “Social Media and Police Leadership: Lessons from Boston,” spotlights the ways in which the Boston Police Department (BPD) successfully leveraged its social media platform throughout the investigation to keep the community informed and engaged.

The report is co-authored by former Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, who is currently a visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics at HKS. “The Boston Police Department has long embraced both community policing and the use of social media,” the report begins. Davis and co-authors Alejandro A. Ed Davis on social media's role after the Boston Marathon bombings. 80-rules-social-media.jpg (JPEG Image, 2000 × 3448 pixels) - Scaled (19%)

If Facebook movies were more honest, they'd look like this. TPSGoRdo : How 16-18 yr olds use social... Five Myths About Young People and Social Media. How to Craft The Most Retweetable Tweets. Want to expand your Twitter reach? One way is to maximize each tweet’s chances of being retweeted by using recent research to craft the most retweetable tweets and to know when to send them. Of course, you also need to track your results since your audience behavior may vary and you’ll want to adapt your behavior accordingly. Here’s what Track Maven discovered based on their analysis of 1,423 Twitter accounts with 1,000 or more followers. A total of 1.7 million tweets were examined. A number of the topics covered in this research is similar to Dan Zarrella’s findings. Timing matters to maximize retweets Tweet frequency by day of the week.

Retweet frequency by day of the week. Tweet frequency by time of day. Retweet frequency by time of day. Actionable Twitter Tips: Hashtags increase retweet frequency While many Twitter users steer clear of using more than 3 hashtags, the use of 5 hashtags versus 3 appears to increase retweets. Actionable Twitter Tips: Retweet frequency: Number of mentions. Twitter for Teachers Infographic. "#Hashtag" with Jimmy Fallon & Justin Timberlake.

Global Social Media Impact Study | ERC Project 2011-AdG-295486 Social Network Sites and Social Media. Teenagers say goodbye to Facebook and hello to messenger apps | Technology | The Observer. Facebook made a startling admission in its earnings announcement this month: it was seeing a "decrease in daily users, specifically among teens". In other words, teenagers are still on Facebook; they're just not using it as much as they did. It was a landmark statement, since teens are the demographic who often point the rest of us towards the next big thing. Their gradual exodus to messaging apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat and KakaoTalk boils down to Facebook becoming a victim of its own success.

The road to gaining nearly 1.2 billion monthly active users has seen the mums, dads, aunts and uncles of the generation who pioneered Facebook join it too, spamming their walls with inspirational quotes and images of cute animals, and (shock, horror) commenting on their kids' photos. No surprise, then, that Facebook is no longer a place for uninhibited status updates about pub antics, but an obligatory communication tool that younger people maintain because everyone else does. 2014's Hottest Social Media Sites. A new year calls for a new look at the way businesses can use social media to leverage their marketing strategies. Keeping in mind the major trends that ruled 2013, let's look at four social media sites that will be the hottest in the coming year. 1.

Twitter Image credit: lculig / Shutterstock.com Why? 2013 saw Twitter making its Initial Public Offering. Facebook has seen an increased presence of adults, leaving many unhappy teens to shift focus towards the next popular site – Twitter. 2. Image credit: Vitalinka / Shutterstock.com Why? Google Authorship was introduced as a method of verifying an author's identity and also enabling search engines to find content written by the same author. 2013 saw Google merging several of its new and old products – business listings from Google Places are now on Google + and Google Docs have been upgraded to Google Drive to name a few. Content linked to verified authors will show higher on Google's search results page. 3.

Why? 4. Why? Sources Connect: 10 boys face child pornography charges: What parents need to know about sexting | risk(within)reason. Ten boys between the ages of 13 and 15 were arrested on child pornography charges in Laval (QC) last week, after they were caught circulating sexually explicit photographs of girls their own age. Laval police arrested the boys at their homes early in the morning on allegations that they had been taking the pictures of girls they knew – in some cases their own girlfriends – and trading the digital images amongst themselves. All of the teens were charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, while two of the boys also face charges for producing child pornography. The whole story is quite exceptional for a number of interesting reasons (click here to hear my discussion with CBC Radio’s Homerun host Sue Smith about this case): There are several things that make this case particularly intriguing. The second interesting thing about this case is the show of force from the police.

So what are the prime takeaways here? Minors can be arrested for possession of child pornography. What parents need to know about Kik, the messaging app popular with tweens and teens | Tween Us. Kik is an app that is very popular with tweens. It's also not intended to be used by tweens and can be dangerous for kids with sexual predators using Kik to request naked photos or inquire about a tween user's sexual experience. Here's what parents need to know about Kik, the hugely popular app that has 90 million users. * Kik is an instant messaging app that is similar to texting but users have multiple options of talking with individuals, with groups and within a social networking environment.

Users can also use Kik to send photos and files and send greeting cards. It combines texting with a social network. * Users are supposed to be age 13 or older. This is because it is not compliant with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) requirements of specific features for a website designed for children, meaning those 12 and under. . * Because of the above, Kik does not have parental controls. "Just pause and think about that for a minute. The 8 Worst Apps for Your Kids. Do you really know what your child is up to on the computer or smartphone? Technology, especially if you're a little behind the times, is deceptive; some of the worst apps and games appear as innocent ways to keep in touch with friends, but can turn into venues for inappropriate behavior.

According to a 2011 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, 95 percent of teens between 12 and 17 use the internet, 27 percent of this group uploads video, and a whopping 80 percent use social media sites like Facebook on phones and the computer. Want information on awesome, educational apps for kids? Check out our new App Reviews site section for our take on what's on the interactive market. Security apps are available to keep an eye on and limit web browsing, app and game downloading and computer/smartphone use, but to closely monitor your kid's online habits, it's a good idea to know what's out there. Puff or Blow Skirt. Beware Peeping Toms! Privacy and Purpose | spedlearner's Blog.

Privacy: to lock or not to lock. If one opts out of privacy, how does one decide to share the combination or key with a select population or leave the gate wide open? Purpose really should drive this decision, but often the purpose of various social medias is initially vague, requiring some effort and research to understand it. Along with this, one needs to consider their own purpose in the context of a given social media community. I don’t claim to fully understand the purpose of each and every social media tool, but I do make a point to figure out my own purpose for using the tool and try to proceed accordingly.

Perhaps this symbolic fork in the road is where things go wayward for many, particularly our youth; it’s that place we need to ask the questions: Who is my audience? And, as parents and teachers, it’s important for us to, not only guide and direct our students/kids to these questions, but set the parameters as well. Know your stuff and know it at least as good as the kids do. Twitterbook. #TwitterBook by Andreas Ramos. Facebook in real life. Facebook in real life. Facebook in Real Life.