chatting and messaging: overly connected in a digital world
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© 2009 Charles D. Knutson
Chatting and Messaging:Overly Connected in a
Digital World
Dr. Charles D. Knutson
Brigham Young University
www.charlesknutson.net
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Chatting and messaging
Any mechanism that allows individuals to communicate remotely in real-timeCell phones, Internet, Web
Primarily textualMay include voice and videoMay include attachments
Images, etc.
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Chatting and messaging
Chat roomsWebsite, hosted
Instant messagingInternet, computer
Voice and video chatText messaging
Cell phoneSextingDriving safety
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Learning the shorthand
95 percent of parents and guardians did not understand much of the language that teens use in chat rooms
28% of online teens say they use code words on a daily basis to hide online conversations from their parents
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Learning the shorthand
143 "I love you"AATK "always at the keyboard"A/S/L? "age, sex, location"BRB "be right back"EMA "what is your email
address?"FWIW "for what it's worth"G2G "got to go" IOW "in other words"
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Learning the shorthand
JK "just kidding"LOL "laughing out loud"MSG "message"NP "nosy parents," "no problem"OMG "oh my gosh"OTOH "on the other hand"P911 "my parents are coming!"PA "parent alert"
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Learning the shorthand
PAL "parents are listening"PANB "parents are nearby"PAW "parents are watching"PIR "parent in room"POS "parent over shoulder"ROTFL"rolling on the floor laughing"SNERT"snot-nosed egotistical rude
teenager"
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Learning the shorthand
TAW "teachers are watching"TTFN "ta ta for now"WTF "what the [fetch]?"WWJD "what would Jesus do?"WWSD "what would Satan do?"
http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
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Emoticons
"Emotion Icons"Used because text lacks emotion
Here comes your brief tutorial…
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Emoticons
Smiley
Wink
Laughing
Skeptical
Surprised
Tongue
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Chat rooms
Public chat roomsHosted on websites
Also in online role-playing gamesBroad diversity of interests
Generally focused on some topicMany with inappropriate focus!
Many people all typing messages at the same time
Can meet and then go to private chat room
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Chat rooms - Example
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Text chatEveryone talking
at the same timeConfusing to follow
threads Individuals can
move to private chat rooms
Predators troll here
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Chat rooms
You often don't really know who you're dealing with…
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Chat rooms
Also voice and video chat roomsEveryone on their own webcamVisually see others in the chat room
Higher risks:Predators trollingInappropriate contentInappropriate behaviorUnhealthy or inappropriate relationships
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Chat rooms - Example
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Video chat
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Parenting tips
Dr. K sez: Chat rooms are absolutely not recommended!Haven't yet found any positive valueFor teens or for adults
Major trolling place for predatorsSignificant risks for all agesStudies estimate nearly 100% of all
chat room regulars have been sexually solicited at least once
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Parenting tips
Remember:The most dangerous places on the
Internet are where you make new "friends" that you don't already know in the real world
That is almost exclusively what chat rooms are about
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Instant messaging
Direct chattingTypically one-on-oneCan also conference multiple people
Typically typing messagesMay include video or voice
capability
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Instant messaging
Often standalone program/protocolMicrosoft MessengerAOL Instant MessengerYahoo! Messenger
May be part of some other serviceGoogle Gtalk
May be part of a social networkFacebookMySpace
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Instant messaging
So how is this different from a web-hosted chat room?Can only talk to friends in your contact
listOr friends on social network
Protection via pre-selection of friendsIt's already a private chat room
But with actual friendsNot a place to meet people!
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Parenting tips
Tremendously valuable for brief asynchronous communicationFriend sends a message
Spouse, kids, business associatesRespond when you have timeTime slice responses with other work on
your computerLess of a distraction from work flowMultiple messaging interactions at the
same time
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Parenting concerns
75% of teens use Instant Messaging compared to 42% of adults
27% of teens report that they have talked online about sex with someone they have never met in person
40% of online sexual solicitations of youth begin with an Instant Message
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Voice and video chat
Most instant messaging services support voice and video chat
Tremendously valuable between people that you knowLong distance video chat with familyShow your grandparents in Europe the
new babyShare activities long distance
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Video chat - Example
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Parenting tips
Don't add strangers to your Instant Messaging contactsSame with social networking!
Potentially huge time wasterEspecially for teens
Check history on chat program if possibleMore difficult if part of online service
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Text messaging Instant messaging via cell phoneFriends and contacts via phone
numbers that you knowVery valuable for brief communicationTeens tend to obsess and text
incessantlyVery unhealthy emotionally and spirituallyDon't have to access inappropriate material
to lose the Spirit and distance from family
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Text messaging
Usage has doubled in the last year2.5 billion text messages are sent
each day in the United States138 million Americans have sent a
text message in the past three months
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Text messaging
82% of adults 18-24 are avid text message users
72% of the 25-49 age group use text messages
42% of teenagers said they could text message blindfolded!
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Text messaging
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Sexting
Significant concern among the youthTaking nude or semi-nude pictures
via cell phone cameras and sending them to each other via text messaging
Current teen epidemic
Discussed in greater detail in "Cell Phone Safety" class…
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Texting and driving
Huge danger from texting and driving at the same time
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Texting and driving
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Parenting tips
Text your teen...Reach out to teens on their turf
Look for positive uses for textingShopping list at the storeMessage in a meeting when you can't
take a phone callQuick news without the interruption of a
phone call
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Parenting tips
68% of parents communicate with their kids by text message
56% of teens, ages 13-19, say that they communicate more often with their parents since they began text messaging
53% of teens that text think their relationship with their parents has improved because of text messaging51% of parents agree
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Parenting tips
Recognize some significant valueNews of Pres. Hinckley's death spread
among the youth of the Church via text messagingLiterally within minutes of his passingAnd the idea of wearing Sunday best to
school the next day
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Parenting tips
Children should not have unfettered access to cell phones!
Potentially unhealthy fixation with texting friendsMay build emotional distance from
familyUnhealthy attachment with friendsUnhealthy attachment to "friends" that
they met via text messaging, email, or chat room
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Parenting tips
Messaging your friends while talking to people in the same room as you is RUDEPick one conversation!Risk of alienating teen, so deal with this
tactfully and carefullyLike take out your phone and text him
while physically in the same roomCan we talk in person? :)
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Questions?
Internet Safety Podcastwww.internetsafetypodcast.com
Internet Safety Wikiwiki.internetsafetypodcast.com
Dr. Charles Knutson
knutson@cs.byu.edu
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