A Way of Life
Social networking has become an important
Connect Social Network
aspect of life for the 29.4 million internet users in
the UK who visit a social networking site at least
Here’s a selection of the exciting new
once a month. This astonishing figure equates
features that teenagers will find in ignite’s
to 80% of the UK’s online population. (ComScore,
Connect zone:
2009)
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The trend amongst teenagers is even more
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remarkable. For example, of the approximately
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5.5 million thirteen to nineteen year olds in the
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UK (National Youth Agency, 2005), 4 million of
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them have a profile on Facebook (Clicky Media,
uploaded photos
2009). Add to that number those teenagers who
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have profiles exclusively on either Bebo and/or
friends request system
MySpace and I estimate that could mean that
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more than 85% of all UK teenagers have a social
friends and photos
networking account.
We have altered the
Social networks are now one of the primary ways
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young people relate to one another, make friends
on ignite.
and organise their social lives. These sites
Young people and
therefore play a highly influential role within a
leaders are now able
teenager’s identity, thought development and
to register online as
spiritual formation.
an ignite member
Teenagers today view social networking as a way
using a SU Scotland
of life. This is why SU Scotland chooses to invest
generated Activation
a significant amount of resources in running a
Keycode. All
social networking site for the secondary-aged
secondary-aged
teenagers we work with across Scotland. We
teenagers on an SU Holidald y this summer had an
believe that ignite holds the potential to
Activation Keycode posted out to them, while
spiritually impact this entire generation as we
team members can request an Activation
enable young Christians to meet others their own
Keycode by emailing
age in a secure online environment characterised
by encouragement, support and discipleship.
volunteers@suscotland.org.uk
This autumn the site will be opened to include
secondary-aged teenagers who attend SU
Groups across Scotland, meaning that young
people will no longer have to have attended an
steve.hall@suscotland.org.uk SU Holiday or Weekend to be able to register as a
ignite webmaster member on the site.
“I like spending time on ig“ nite
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because I can discuss issues with b
other Christians and cato ch up
If you would like to know more about ignite and
with people frw om camp.” Nathan
how membership works we recommend reading
the About ignite page:
“I can talk t“ o my friends and make
www.suignite.org.uk/index.php/about
new friends on ign nite. It’s good
because evb erybody that I went
and the About Membership page:
to camp with has ignite but they
www.suignite.org.uk/index.php/about/
dond ’t all have msn.” Erin
membership
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