Selected news stories about the Pew Internet Project and articles citing our data.
On MySpace, girls seek friends, boys flirt -study
1/7/2007 | 
Coverage
Eric Auchard, Reuters.com, Investing
'"More than half of U.S. teenagers use social networking sites like MySpace, but girls go online to reaffirm existing friendships, while boys are more often there to flirt, a survey published on Sunday has found.
The national survey of youth aged 12 to 17 by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows two-thirds of teens who have created social networking profiles limit site access to selected viewers, while 17 percent use their sites to flirt.
The study shows teenagers are aware of the risks of revealing too much data about themselves and are taking steps to protect their privacy -- a concern that has made the sites controversial with parents, school officials and politicians."
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