overview of social media for church youth workers
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Young People’s Ministry & Media
Emerging Generations TrainingBothell UMC | 10.03.09
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Why we’re talking about this
To help us determine how, or whether, we want to pursue these outlets;
This is where many of our young people are.
It increases our digital literacy.
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OverviewWhat is social media?
Why use it?
How are youth using it?
Next steps
Ideas
Questions?
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What is Social Media?Conversatio
ns that are happening using online and mobile tools
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What is it?A social
structure made up of individuals or organizations that are tied by one more more types of interdependency
values
friendship
ideas
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Types of Social MediaBlogs
Multimedia
Forums
Micro blogs
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Youth & Media Stats
Of Americans age 13-54, 65.7% of them have at least one video-enabled mobile device, up from 44.9% in a 2006 study*
Half of all teenagers use an audio-only mp3 player each day, while one in four watch video on an mp3 player.
http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediause.htm
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Youth & Media Stats
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Facebook Facts
Launched in Feb. 2004 as a site for university students and faculty; in 2007 opened to all
Active usersMarch 2008: 68 millionToday: Over 300 million
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What youth are thinking
If you're not on MySpace, you don't exist.
My mom doesn't let me out of the house very often, so that's pretty much all I do, is I sit on Facebook and talk to people and text and talk on the phone, cause my mom's always got some crazy reason to keep me in the house.
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Basic PrinciplesBe authentic
Be respectful
Be open
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How to jump inCreate a facebook page
Open a Twitter account and search for topics or trends
Create a YouTube channel for your church or group
Start a blog and invite youth/young adults to contribute
Create your own network on Ning