Number of Posts: 16
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Social Insecurity? internet Turns Boomers Into Twits
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, misunderstanding, research/study, youth
Summary | Elders are coming to Facebook and it's not pretty. Most young people find their older relatives' activities on Facebook cringey because they appear to regress back into their younger selves which is somehow undignified for the elderly. They also sometimes use wrong emojis because they tend to be too small for them to properly see. Young people are moving on to other platforms.
Image Description | Images of Cher, Donald Trump, and Larry King as well as some of their Tweets.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), Twitter
Munich shooter's meticulous planning revealed: Teenager researched shooting sprees and even hacked into a Facebook account to lure children to McDonald's before murdering nine
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 23.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, threat, youth
Summary | Munich killer created a fake Facebook account to lure children to the McDonald massacre. Sonobly spent months planning his murder; he was obsessed with mass murders. For instance, his Whatsapp profile picture was a picture of Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer. Sonobly hacked Selina Akim's Facebook account and posted a message saying that there would be free food at the McDonald's restaurant near the Olympic stadium at 4pm.
Image Description | Photograph of the fake Facebook account, portrait of the killer, and several pictures of the massacre site.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), male(s)
Dieser Chatbot reserviert den Tisch fürs Abendessen
(This chatbot makes dinner reservations)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 27.7.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, language threat, youth
Summary | Facebook messenger now has the chatbot Botmio on offer which lets users make dinner reservations at restaurants. This is perfect for younger generations who are reluctant to pick up the phone to call a human to make a reservation - digital natives are "language lazy". They would rather just make a reservation online without interacting with another human.
Image Description | A hand holding a smartphone using a Facebook chatbot and a portrait of the Botmio inventer.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), male(s), smartphone
E-Mails für verzweifelte Teenager
(Emails for desperate teenagers)
Newspaper | Appenzeller Zeitung
Date | 13.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | (mental) health, email, Facebook, youth
Summary | The volunteer project U25 provides peer counseling for suicidal teenagers. All volunteers at U25 are between 17 and 25 years old and they get extensive training before they are given up to three cases at a time. They exchange emails with the suicidal peers trying to counsel them into psychological stability. The volunteer counselors are not allowed to give out their cell phone numbers or befriend clients on Facebook for their own protection.
Image Description | Image of one volunteer counselor with a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, male(s), TV
Meet the 'mega monk' changing our attitude to happiness, one tweet at a time
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 20.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Facebook, smartphone, social media, Twitter, youth
Summary | A monk from Korea has gained a large following on Facebook and Twitter with short posts with life wisdoms. Many people respond to his preaching of mindfulness: the position that people should slow down and take the time to reflect on themselves and their emotional state without becoming obsessed. The monk thinks these little moments of mindfulness are nowadays more important than ever, when we tend not to interact with each other directly but only through smartphones.
Image Description | A bunch of portraits of the Twitter-famous monk in various surroundings and a few of his tweets.
Image Tags | male(s), Twitter
Cop launches furious rant about 'yoofs' - but parents are really not happy
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 11.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, politeness, social media, youth
Summary | An unidentified police officer posted a rant about youths in the Manchester area asking parents to "lock up their kids till school time on Monday" because they are out of control, causing public nuisance. Local teachers and parents reported the post as wildly inappropriate and the heads of the police department issued an apology and promised to find out who posted the offensive content as officers are supposed to uphold their standard of behavior online as well. Many people however liked the post because they felt understood. They commented engourangments to the anonymous officer that he/she should not let the political correctness army get him/her down and keep his/her sense of humor.
Image Description | Getty images of young men/boys in black tracksuits from behind and a young man/boy with his face partially hidden with a black hoodie.
Image Tags | male(s)
Facebook und WhatsApp in der EU erst mit 16 Jahren
(Facebook and WhatsApp only after 16 years of age in the EU)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 16.12.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | law, Facebook, privacy, social media, youth
Summary | The EU has renewed the laws tied to data privacy originally made in 1995. The new laws now enable users of online platforms such as Facebook to sue these companies in their home country rather than having to travel. Also, some countries lift the legal age required to join social media from 13 to 16 years old. Young people under the age of 16 are legally not allowed to enter into a contract around data privacy with Facebook.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), logo, smartphone
Dem digitalen Lachen auf der Spur
(On the tracks of the digital laugh)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 19.8.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, gender, youth
Summary | The article reports about another article in the The New Yorker by Sarah Larson who did a quantitative study about how Americans convey laughter in their digital communication. They collected data from Facebook comment sections and analyzed them. Different ways to communicate laughter online co-occur with different demographics: younger people and women use more emojis to indicate laughter and men and older people do this more verbally by writing “haha” or similar verbal tokens
Image Description | N/A
Wer nicht snapt, ist out
(Who doesn’t snap is out)
Newspaper | B.Z. (Berlin)
Date | 1.5.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | Snapchat is the new hot social media channel for the German youth. Now that the parent generation is uding Facebook and WhatsApp, teenagers are looking for digital spaces free of parental supervision. Snapchat is more aimed at visual rather than verbal communication, though now audio and video calls can be made. The article lists three new (not necessarily messaging) apps that are gaining popularity amongst young people: Miitomo, musical.ly, WeMesh.
Image Description | Screenshots of two snaps, and digital image of the Snapchat logo.
Image Tags | female(s), logo, Snapchat
Los ancianos prefieren WhatsApp y Facebook y detestan los selfis
(Seniors prefer WhatsApp and Facebook and hate selfies)
Newspaper | 20 minutos
Date | 28.5.2015
Language | Spanish
Country | Spain
Topic Tags | childhood, Facebook, research/study, selfie, social media, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | According to a study, seniors (64+) prefer using WhatsApp and Facebook because they can connect with their grandchildren. Also, using new media make them feel young and modern. With social media, seniors feel active and integrated. However, they don't choose social media to have more relationships; most of them already are very social offline. They like WhatsApp a lot because they can create groups (family, friends, etc.) and keep in touch with everyone. They also like the fact they can stay in touch with their grandchildren and share pictures with them. Seniors like to communicate using memes, videos, and images; it is actually more difficult for them to write.
Image Description | Photograph of a male senior and a female child looking at a family album.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
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