Young People’s Ministry & Media

Emerging Generations TrainingBothell UMC | 10.03.09

Why we’re talking about this

To help us determine how, or whether, we want to pursue these outlets;

This is where many of our young people are.

It increases our digital literacy.

OverviewWhat is social media?

Why use it?

How are youth using it?

Next steps

Ideas

Questions?

What is Social Media?Conversatio

ns that are happening using online and mobile tools

What is it?A social

structure made up of individuals or organizations that are tied by one more more types of interdependency

values

friendship

ideas

Types of Social MediaBlogs

Multimedia

Forums

Micro blogs

Youth & Media Stats

Of Americans age 13-54, 65.7% of them have at least one video-enabled mobile device, up from 44.9% in a 2006 study*

Half of all teenagers use an audio-only mp3 player each day, while one in four watch video on an mp3 player.

http://www.frankwbaker.com/mediause.htm

Youth & Media Stats

Facebook Facts

Launched in Feb. 2004 as a site for university students and faculty; in 2007 opened to all

Active usersMarch 2008: 68 millionToday: Over 300 million

What youth are thinking

If you're not on MySpace, you don't exist.

My mom doesn't let me out of the house very often, so that's pretty much all I do, is I sit on Facebook and talk to people and text and talk on the phone, cause my mom's always got some crazy reason to keep me in the house.

Basic PrinciplesBe authentic

Be respectful

Be open

How to jump inCreate a facebook page

Open a Twitter account and search for topics or trends

Create a YouTube channel for your church or group

Start a blog and invite youth/young adults to contribute

Create your own network on Ning