Safe Social Network Site Applications
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Safe Social Network Site Applications
Social Network Sites and Positive Activities
We know that hearing about positive activities from friends is one of the key ways in which activities are discovered. Much of young people's communication with friends now takes place inside Social Network Sites (SNS) and so it is important for Plings data to be available within SNS.
Data can be made available within SNS using in-built tools such as profiles and pages. However, providers may also want to use SNS applications in order to encourage the spread of positive activity information in young people's social networks.
To pilot the use of SNS for positive activity promotion, Plings has commissioned NeonTribe to produce a SNS Application.
Safe Social Networking
Below you can download Version 1 of the paper 'Safe and Effective SNS Application for Young People: Considerations in building social networking applications for under 19s'
This paper was released in May 2009 and is based upon a draft from November 2008
The paper includes:
- A. Executive Summary - a three page summary of the key issues
- B. Overview - providing a model for thinking about safer SNS application
- 1. Understanding Young People - and why it is important to consider different development approaches for under 19s
- 2. Understanding SNS: the social graph and information sharing
- 3. Risks: negative SNS scenarios
- 4. Responses: ethical principles, risk assessment and safety built in
- Annex 1: Risk Assessment Framework
The risk assessment annexe is supplied under a Creative Commons License.
Research Status
This research has now been completed.
It will be reviewed in light of learning from the delivery of a pilot Social Network Site Application for the Plings project in Summer 2009 and if neccessary a revised version may be created.
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