How Do Canadian Teens Make Decisions When Sharing Photos?

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 19 Apr 2017.

Building on MediaSmarts’ findings on youth and privacy from our Young Canadians in a Wired World research, our new qualitative study, To Share or Not to Share: How Teens Make Privacy Decisions about Photos on Social Media examines the reasoning that teens apply when sharing photos online.

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Cell Phones and Texting, Privacy, Social Networking, Young Canadians In A Wired World

Click If You Agree

Submitted by MediaSmarts on 31 Mar 2016.

When you sign up for a service on a website or use an application for the first time, do you read the privacy policy and terms of use thoroughly? Or, like most of us, do you click “I Agree” as fast as you can?

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Cyber Security, Digital Citizenship, Intellectual Property, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Music, Privacy, Social Networking, Video Games

Privacy and Bullying

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 13 Nov 2015.

Despite their enthusiastic participation in social media, it’s a mistake to think that young people don’t care about privacy. MediaSmarts’ 2014 study Young Canadians in a Wired World, which surveyed over 5,000 students across Canada on their experiences with and attitudes towards digital media, found that they do have very strong feelings about their privacy, and take significant steps to control it.

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Cyberbullying, Privacy, Young Canadians In A Wired World

Privacy Pirates

Submitted by Matthew Johnson on 21 May 2015.

​When we think about the privacy risks that youth face online, we tend to think in terms of teens and tweens oversharing on cell phones and social networks. Increasingly, though, children are facing privacy issues younger and younger: according to a 2014 study from the UK, kids aged 13-14 said they were eight and a half years old when they first went online, kids aged 11-12 said they were eight and kids aged nine to ten said they had gone online when they were just six years old.[1] 

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Parents, Privacy

What is it like to raise children in an age of zero privacy?

Submitted by Andrea Tomkins on 03 Feb 2015.

There’s a video about a hysterical woman who missed her ferry is making the rounds right now. CBC decided to give it some play, even though there’s no real story behind it.

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