For parents who have been paying attention to the explosive
popularity of online teen hangout MySpace.com, make sure you
have logged into YouTube.com as well.
The new website YouTube.com is a teen sensation, attracting
millions of young people who want to view short video clips
and post their own. YouTube encourages members to "Broadcast
Yourself" by posting short videos online for the world
to see. Videos range from 30 seconds of karaoke to 2 minutes
of a scantily clad teenager dancing in her bedroom. Think
"America's Home Videos" where everyone has a chance
to produce and share their digital creations with a click
of the mouse.
For the last few decades kids have had fun making entertaining
home videos - that's not new. What is new is high
speed Internet access, video cameras embedded in everything
from cellphones to digital cameras, and an unsupervised online
environment where pushing the envelope is cool. In this digital
age, kids can make videos more easily than ever, which opens
the door to new forms of "cyberbullying" - posting
mean-spirited videos of others online. For kids interested
in video, YouTube can be a fun way to share their digital
creations with family members and friends. However, parent
supervision and involvement is key. Easy access to rude, vulgar
and inappropriate videos is too common and lots of young people
don't think about the ramifications of posting public videos
with self-identifying information or inappropriate content.
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Parent Guide.
Learn more about popular video-sharing sites so you can
talk to your kids about what they are viewing and posting
online.
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