Digital Smarts - What Facebook is to Big Moments, Snapchat is to Small

Many parents associate Snapchat with teen sexting and cyberbullying, but according to a new study out of the University of Michigan, college students feel that, in addition to face-to-face meetups, Snapchat offers the most rewarding personal interactions. While Snapchat was seen as being less of a socially supportive app, it was seen by the study subjects as a way to communicate spontaneously with close friends in a new and often more enjoyable way. The lead author of the study, Joseph Bayer, said "Since Facebook has become a space for sharing crafted big moments such as babies, graduations and birthdays, Snapchat seems to provide users with a distinct space for sharing the small moments." Parents should still caution kids about the use of app and its ties to cyberbullying.