Thesis Implementation Plan
Implementation of Action
|Problem Statement: Parents are not aware of their minor children’s reckless behavior on online social networks such as Facebook, |
|the social networks are partly attributable for the lack of parent monitoring because of advanced privacy features available to |
|minors. |
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|Baseline Data: Facebook has attracted the older crowd but more importantly the younger crowd between the ages of 10 to 18 years |
|old. When Facebook first became, it was very basic and allowed you to see everything that a “friend” of yours had done on Facebook.|
|As the years have gone on and the popularity and technology advanced, Facebook now gives the account user many options to privacy |
|of their page. One is able to block someone completely or give someone a limited view of their account, one can even setup their |
|page to where they cannot even be found on Facebook, and it is only possible to become their friend if they add you. |
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|Objectives |The goals of my research are to bring awareness to parents and make them take more interest and involvement in |
| |their children’s online activities. Also to provide minors of these social networks awareness of their actions|
| |and possible outcomes if not mainstreamed. |
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| |To support reaching my goals; I will educate parents and children through
|Problem Statement: Parents are not aware of their minor children’s reckless behavior on online social networks such as Facebook, |
|the social networks are partly attributable for the lack of parent monitoring because of advanced privacy features available to |
|minors. |
| |
|Baseline Data: Facebook has attracted the older crowd but more importantly the younger crowd between the ages of 10 to 18 years |
|old. When Facebook first became, it was very basic and allowed you to see everything that a “friend” of yours had done on Facebook.|
|As the years have gone on and the popularity and technology advanced, Facebook now gives the account user many options to privacy |
|of their page. One is able to block someone completely or give someone a limited view of their account, one can even setup their |
|page to where they cannot even be found on Facebook, and it is only possible to become their friend if they add you. |
| |
|Objectives |The goals of my research are to bring awareness to parents and make them take more interest and involvement in |
| |their children’s online activities. Also to provide minors of these social networks awareness of their actions|
| |and possible outcomes if not mainstreamed. |
| | |
| |To support reaching my goals; I will educate parents and children through
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