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MySpace: A Parents' Guide - Safe Online Networking for Your Kids
"A third of children in the UK use blogs and social network sites, but two-thirds of parents do not even know what they are" NCH UK Survey
In this timely and indispensable guide to online social networking for parents, online safety experts Larry Magid and Anne Collier demystify the largest and most popular social network sites,
including MySpace UK and Bebo. This concise and hands-on book explores how your teenagers are using these networks and brings you, as parents, quickly up to speed on how to use MySpace and similar social networking sites and offers essential and practical advice to help you protect your kids and ensure they are using these sites safely.
In this book, the authors remove the fear and hype surrounding social networking and take a clear-eyed look at what is really going on in the online communities that are experiencing such rapid growth and usage amongst kids in the UK today.
MySpace: Safe online networking for your kids:
Provides basic user-friendly, step-by-step tutorials on:
- how the sites operate
- how profiles are set up (and kept secure)
- monitoring a child's profile and activity without being intrusive and overprotective
- full up-to-date details of MySpace's security measures
- tips and ideas for ensuring that kids can enjoy their freedom on social networking sites without exposing themselves to fraudulent exploitation
"This is a timely book for parents and educators who are struggling to keep up to date with their children's current use of social networking sites such as MySpace, Bebo and LunarStorm. With real authority the book explains in simple non-technical terms how these sites work, the appeal to young people and how parents and teachers can support young people in understanding the safety issues and get the most out of the positive opportunities these sites afford. Any parent with children using the Internet today should read this book!"
Stephen Carrick-Davies, CEO Childnet International
About the authors:
Larry Magid and Anne Collier are the directors of BlogSafety.com, the leading website on social networking safety, featuring expert advice and an online forum where parents, teens and experts discuss issues concerning teen blogging and social networking.
CONTENTS:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Online Socialising Basics
What Is Social Networking?
Creative Networking
A Parents'-Eye View
Teenagers Are Figuring It Out
Multiplying Like Rabbits
Not Their Parents' Web
Chapter 2: The Scene
Creating a Self, Online
How Public Is It?
Many Little Worlds
Acting Up in Public
Are They Overexposured?
Chapter 3: MySpace for Parents
Setting Up an Account
Personalising Your Profile
Adjusting Other Account Settings
Turning MySpace Into YourSpace
Calendars
Cancelling an Account
Chapter 4: Managing the Social Stuff
Making and Managing Friends
Using MySpace Mail
Using the Address Book
Using Bulletins
Modifying Your Top 8
Deleting Friends
Commenting on Other People's Profiles
MySpace Events
Photo Rankings
MySpace Communities
Instant Messaging
Blogging
Tacking Safety Issues
Chapter 5: Social Networking Safely
First, the Research
Assessing the Risks
What's a Parent to Do?
Chapter 6: A Parents' Toolkit
Children Want Parental Input
Privacy Options for Older Children
Reporting Misconduct on MySpace
Finding Your Child Online
Monitoring and Filtering
Cancelling Your Child's Account
Chapter 7: MySpacers' Advanced Tricks and Tips
Pimping and Hacking: Oh My!
HTML Is Key
Before You Customise
Making Profiles Sing and Dance
Changing Top 8 Friends to Top 20
Monitoring Visitors to Your Profile
Bots: Making Friends by the Thousands
Uploading Video
Forums to Learn About Customising
Chapter 8: Where Do We Go From Here?
Teenagers Are in the Driver's Seat
Parents in the Car
There Ought to Be a Law...
Susan's Story
Index
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