How do teens use instagram? How do teens use instagram at the public library? How can library staff harness the power of teens using instagram?

1. Instagram, Teens, &
Libraries
David Gallin-Parisi, March 19, 2014

2. #What is it?
#Research
#How do teens use Instagram?
#Tech Basics
#Instagram at libraries
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3. What is instagram?
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4. What is instagram?
Online photo-sharing, video-sharing, and
social network service.
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5. #somanythings
#onyourphone
#pictures
#videos
#what?
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6. #hashtag
#jimmyfallon
#justintimberlake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA
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7. teen suggested hastags:
#fun #awesome
#follow #followme
#f4f (followforafollow)
#like4like #moustache
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8. Research
A new book by danah boyd called It’s
Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked
Teens (Yale University Press, 2014)
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9. Ways to Have Control of a
Social Situation
or...
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10. ...How to Hide in Plain
Sight
Think about people with power in teens’ lives.
Parents, teachers, coaches, librarians and more.
Yes, librarians have power in teens’ lives.
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11. “Teens go to social media
and instead of thinking
about all the ways they
can restrict access to
content, they restrict
access to meaning”.
“On Social Media, The Kids Are All Right”. Science Friday. NPR, New York. 28 Feb. 2014. Web. 19 Mar.
2014. <https://soundcloud.com/scifri/on-social-media-the-kids-are>

12. Hide stuff in plain sight
So people are hiding things in plain sight,
like making an inside joke. Remember when
you used to tell inside jokes to hide
information? Talked in a language your
parents did not understand? Quoted song
lyrics?David Gallin-Parisi, March 2014

13. How do teens use
instagram?
This is important.
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14. How do teens
use
instagram?David Gallin-Parisi, March 2014

15. 1. Put it in their hands
2. Ask questions
To learn the answer how teens use
instagram, let yourself be vulnerable in the
process (Brené).
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16. 1. Put it in their hands
Let teens use instagram. Give them a
device. Provide them with the login and
password. Teens will be logging in and out,
so keep this info handy. Let them do their
thing.
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17. Note: Provide a device if
you can.
The process is less effective when you only
provide the login info, asking teens to use
their own phones. If you have a branch
device, let teens use it.
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18. 2. Ask questions
Ask teens to show you how they’re using
instagram. You will be surprised.
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19. Observations
Teens did this:
Liked all the 210teenlibrary pictures.
Followed all the people that also liked everything.
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20. Logging into their
personal profile and doing
it all again.
Liked all the 210teenlibrary pictures.
Followed all the people that also liked everything.
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21. Teens were constantly
talking with each other,
showing each other
pictures, laughing, and
being social.
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Not just staring at their devices, like adults do
(Boyd).

22. Final Observation
Whenever I asked for something specific
about instagram or for teens to do something
I got a weird look from teens.
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23. Why is this adult always
in my business?
Let it go, admit you’re too old, and it’s too
loud. No really, it’s ok if this happens to you.
Realize you are an adult working with teens.
This thing is part of the balance.
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24. Tech Basics
Demo time.
It might sound intuitive, but here is how it
works. We’ll practice taking a picture,
tagging it, and looking at the feed.
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25. Mobile Device vs. Computer
Instagram works drastically different. For
example check out the feed on a mobile
device compared to your computer.
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26. How do libraries use
instagram?
First it depends how teens are using it.
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27. Document programs.
Teach digital literacy
Have teens create content.
Show your teens you trust
them and ask them to be
responsible.
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28. Education Settings
For example this infographic by
Librarians on the Fly:
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29. Education Settings
For example this infographic by
librariansonthefly:
Vega, Ann. “Instagram in Education Infographic”. Blog post. Librarians on the Fly. 13 Jun. 2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://librariansonthefly.blogspot.
com/2013/06/instagram-in-education-infographic.html>

30. Instagram is not an
archive.
If you want to archive pictures use flickr.
Teens have already deleted pictures from
the instagram account. Which it totally fine.
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31. Saving an Instagram
picture.
This requires some HTML knowledge.
The file name usually includes “distillery”
somewhere in the name, something which came
from the app Burbn. Instagram is the updated
version (Panzarino).
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32. Use instagram pics to
make content
Perhaps like this poster.
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34. Privacy
Privacy settings exist on Instagram. If a user sets
their account to private you need to send a request
to view their pictures. The library account is not to
be used for this. Please respect people’s privacy.
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35. Safety
What to do if you notice something unsafe or sense
that somebody is hurt as evidenced by what is
posted on instagram? It’s hard to tell people’s
identity based on their changing user names.
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36. Engagement
Pay attention to how teens are using instagram at
your library. You are putting it in their hands and
you should be engaged with how teens use
instagram. Which brings us back to this question:
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37. How do teens
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instagram?David Gallin-Parisi, March 2014

38. Works Cited
Barseghian, Tina. “Texts, Snapchats, Instagram: Translating Teens Online Behavior”. Mind/Shift,
KQED Blog. 4 Mar 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014.
<http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/texts-snapchats-instagram-translating-teens-online-behavior/>
boyd, danah. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2014. Print.
Brown, Brené. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live,
Love, Parent, and Lead. New York: Gotham Books, 2012. Print.
#Hashtag with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. NBC. 24 Sep.
2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA>
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39. Works Cited
Nagy, Evie. “What Your Teen is Really Doing All Day on Twitter and Instagram”. Most Creative
People, Fast Company. Blog post. 18 Feb. 2014. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://www.fastcompany.
com/3026499/most-creative-people/what-your-teen-is-really-doing-all-day-on-twitter-and-instagram>
“On Social Media, The Kids Are All Right”. Science Friday. NPR, New York. 28 Feb. 2014. Web.
19 Mar. 2014. <https://soundcloud.com/scifri/on-social-media-the-kids-are>
Panzarino, Matthew. “The first photo was uploaded to Instagram two years ago today. This is it.”
The Next Web. 17 Jul. 2012. Web. 19 Mar. 2014
<http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/07/17/the-first-photo-was-uploaded-to-instagram-two-years-ago-
today-this-is-it/#!Awzhr>
Vega, Ann. “Instagram in Education Infographic”. Blog post. Librarians on the Fly. 13 Jun. 2013.
Web. 19 Mar. 2014.
<http://librariansonthefly.blogspot.com/2013/06/instagram-in-education-infographic.html>
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