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YOUTH, PERSONAL DATA, AND SOCIAL MEDIABy Sandra Cortesi
SANDRA CORTESI
[In most cases, youth ages 12-18; based on focus group interviews with over 300 young people.]
12-18
LOCATIONGENDER
NEW REPORThttps://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2019/youth-and-artificial-intelligence/where-we-stand
TODAY1. Four Observations –
Youth Information Sharing Practices Online
2. Three Recommendations
FOUROBSERVATIONS
1 ONLINE/OFFLINE
Online and offline are no longer an either-or situation. Youth prefer a seamless, frictionless experience between online and offline, with little distinction between the two spaces.
PRICE?
DIGITAL WORLDDIGITAL LIFEDIGITAL SPACEDIGITAL …X
2 INCREASE IN SHARING
Youth (like adults) are sharing more about themselves on social media platforms.
Source: http://thebln.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-Internet-Minute.jpg
Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/what-happens-in-an-internet-minute-in-2019/internet-minute-2019/
2017 2019
Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/what-teens-share-on-social-media/
3 FROM PLATFORM DIVERSIFICATION TO MULTIPLICATION AND SPECIFICITY.
Youth are being more selective and more specific about who they interact with and which platforms they use.
Platform Diversification1. Individual / peer group(s)2. Audiences3. Features / affordances4. Context5. Perceived intimacy / privacy
SPECIFICITY
MULTIPLICATION WITHIN ONE PLATFORM
RINSTA
FINSTA
3RD INSTA
https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/how-youth-are-reinventing-instagram-and-why-having-multiple-accounts-is-trending-ac6eb0a288db
4 THE IMPORTANCE OF VOICE
More and more, engagement with digital technology (searching for information, sending and listening to messages, …) happens through voice.
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JIBO
GOOGLE HOME
APPLEHOMEpod
(B) MORE DEVICES THAT ENGAGE WITH YOU THROUGH VOICE….
(C) MORE DEVICES THAT CAN SEE / RECOGNIZE YOU…. (A) A DESIRE TO REDUCE
SCREEN TIME….
(D) PRAGMATISM / EASE OF USE
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-07-22-alexa-can-you-give-girls-a-voice
THREERECOMMENDATIONS
ALet’s reflect further on the terms we use. We often use the same terms, but refer to very different things.While there is often no lack of research that could inform policy-makers, a lack of semantic interoperability can make things much more complicated.
companiesgovernments
schoolsfamily
friends
teachers
BLet’s not be overly certain that what we see at first glance, is for sure the biggest problem.In order to be relevant, private and public policies aimed at protecting youth and youth privacy need to understand and consider youth practices and attitudes towards “privacy”.
CIn order to be relevant to youth, it’s important for us to consider the full range of available approaches, not only law, but – importantly –also education.Evidence-based policy making is hard, given the speed of change in technology and youth behavior. In particular, the legitimization of interventions (e.g. regulation) and their timing is difficult, especially vis-à-vis the phenomenon of social learning we observe. Sophisticated risk-benefit assessment is increasingly important.
PROVISION PROTECTION PARTICIPATION
TODAY
1. Four Observations – Youth Information Sharing Practices Online• The lines between online and offline are less sharp.• Youth are sharing more than ever.• Youth are diversifying their social media portfolios
and/or deciding to multiply and/or be more specific.• More and more, engagement with digital technology
happens through voice.2. Three Recommendations
• Let’s reflect further on the terms we use. We often use the same terms, but refer to very different things.
• Let’s not be overly certain that what we see at first glance, is for sure the biggest problem.
• In order to be relevant to youth, it’s important for us to consider the full range of available approaches, not only law, but – importantly – also education.
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Animations and illustrations by:Youth and Media artists in residence• Elsa Brown ([email protected]),• Rebecca Smith ([email protected]),• Melanie Tan ([email protected]), and• Claudia Thomas ([email protected])