Facebook is the largest social media site in the world with a total of 1.35 billion users. Along with many of the other social media sites, Facebook is extremely fast growing amongst all ages. A site that was initially created for young adults has become a site for people of all ages. As Facebook has become more popular we see an increase in children using this site. There are many complications that are caused by children becoming more active on this site. As parents are gaining knowledge through the negative propaganda in the news about social media, they are beginning to worry about their children’s safety while using it. Cyber bullying is one topic that is often discussed amongst parents whose children are using social media.
In these past years, many have noticed a recent trend in the rise of cyber bullying. Looking at recent evidence, one can see that bullying on social media sites such as Facebook have led to people taking as drastic measures as committing suicide. Cyber bullying amongst America’s youth is a very serious matter causing the creation of the app “Face Haven”. This app that partners up with Facebook is only accessible to minors in North America. This app makes it easier for minors to erase posts or pictures that they are tagged in that make them feel attacked or uncomfortable. The ultimate goal for the creation of “Face Haven” is to create a safer Internet community for North America’s youth.
I intend to use Facebook and Instagram to help campaign for my project. I hope to target both parents and children in my campaign for my project. I feel that these are two audiences that are necessary to target for this project simply because they are the ones that “Face Haven” is made for. I have decided to use these two social media sites to help with my campaign for my project because they are both directly affiliated with “Face Haven”. Facebook is a social media site that is commonly used for individuals of all ages causing me to think that it will be the easiest to spread the word for these two audiences. I decided that Instagram is another solid option to use for this campaign because it is not only owned by Facebook but also is able to connect with the parents. Instagram will allow me to post impactful pictures that I can then link to the campaign’s Facebook page.
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this is a good start, I would like to know more about Face Haven because it sounds like a wonderful app. But you should also consider a campaign about teaching children about being careful with social media and with what they post, its important for them to be responsible users from the beginning. If they are responsible they wont need to use a app such as Face Haven.
You provided great advice, however I do believe that cyber bullying will occur whether or not a campaign is created to “teach children about being careful with social media”. With this, I feel that Safe Haven is a great resolution to this problem, and will benefit minors who are social media users more than a preventative campaign.
Looks great! In addition to not only the social media aspect of it, it would also be beneficial if there was an online website for parents to monitor their kids in addition create a fund to raise money in order to have public speakers come to school and address the issues.